A girl with a yo-yo. Mughal, c.1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with undecorated border and margin. 167 by 86 mm; page 367 by 248 mm. The girl walks in a field beside blossoming shrubs, wearing a re...
The Presentation in the Temple. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing; on an album leaf with border of marbled paper and margin of trellis vine design in gold. 195 by 109 mm; page 362 by 232 mm. Reverse: blind green panel. The Christ Child is brought...
The Virgin and Child with Anna the prophetess. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album page with a ‘bait’ of’ nasta‘liiq’ calligraphy mounted above and below the miniature; broad border of floral chevron design in colours and gold. 15...
A Christian priest kneeling at his prayers. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on the book in Persian: ‘mas‘ud sannah 108’ (Masud, year 10[0]8/AD1599-1600); on reverse: ‘tasvir-i farang’ (picture of a foreigner). Tinted drawing with gold, on cotton; on an a...
Vilavali Ragini . Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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Vilavali Ragini. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775 Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled margin. 157 by 121 mm; page 414 by 294 mm. A lady is sitting on...
A nobleman embracing a lady. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A nobleman embracing a lady. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 37 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn’ (picture of a beauty). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue border and gilt-spri...
A lady with a hookah. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A lady with a hookah. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 8 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished. 131 by 109 mm; page 410 by 287 mm. A lady, seated on a gold stool on a blue terrace, smokes a hookah which is hel...
A lady visiting a shrine. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
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A lady visits a shrine. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled margin. 131 by 108 mm; page 411 by 289 mm. A lady dress...
Sohni swimming to Mahinval Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled plain margin. 221 by 147 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. Sohni swims across the riv...
A princess killing a snake watched by her maids, in the manner of a Bijapuri paintring.. Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80)
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A princess watching a maid killing a snake. By Mir Kalan Khan, Faizabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mir kalan khan’ (the work of Mir Kalan Khan); numbered 22 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gre...