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241. Johnson 18,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,8
Title:
A young prince with a hawk
Scope & Content:
A young prince with a hawk. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 152 by 88 mm; page 375 by 250 mm. A young prince has a hawk perched upon his right hand and cares...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

242. Johnson 18,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,9
Title:
A boy
Scope & Content:
A boy. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with fawn and plain borders. 152 by 86 mm; page 372 by 251 mm. A boy, facing right, stands in a field with his hands folded, dressed in a dark green...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

243. Johnson 19,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 19,3
Title:
An ascetic outside a cave
Scope & Content:
An ascetic outside a cave. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 31 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; on an album page with a blue border decorated with gold arabesques and an outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 159 by 126 mm; page 400 by 262 mm. An aged ascetic...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

244. Johnson 19,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 19,4
Title:
A Kanphat ascetic
Scope & Content:
A kanphat ascetic. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 9 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; on an album page with a blue border decorated with gold arabesques and an outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 165 by 126 mm; page 403 by 262 mm. A ‘kanphat’ ascetic sits...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

245. Johnson 20,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,1
Title:
A lady visiting a shrine. Artist(s): Maharai (fl.c.1750)
Scope & Content:
A lady visiting a shrine. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 13 in Persian inventory note; inscribed below: ‘‘amal-i maharai musavvir’ (the work of the painter Maharai). Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and pale yellow borders. 242 by 138 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

246. Johnson 20,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,3
Title:
Krishna playing to two gopis
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing to two gopis. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; mounted with pink-tinted border. 210 by 152 mm; page 294 by 205 mm. Krishna sits on a mound of mauve rock beneath a tree, playing his flute to two gopis and three cows. One of t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

247. Johnson 20,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,4
Title:
A girl holding a firework
Scope & Content:
A girl holding a firework. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; mounted with an inner gold-decorated border and a margin of plain paper. 133 by 87 mm; page 192 by 133 mm. A girl stands on a terrace at night holding a firework in her right hand.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

248. Johnson 20,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 20,5
Title:
Nata Ragini (a horseman in combat with foot-soldiers)
Scope & Content:
Nata Ragini. Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in gold on picture in Persian numerals: ‘53’. Gouache with gold; mounted with borders of blue and pink paper; backed with European paper by the Library. 104 by 71 mm; page 162 by 130 mm, extended to 303 by 1...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

249. Johnson 2,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,10
Title:
Mahabat Khan
Scope & Content:
Mahabat Khan. Mughal, c.1630-35. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘Mahabat Khan’; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i mahabat khan 30’ (the price of this portrait of Mahabat Khan is 30). Drawing with gold; on an albu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1635
Extent:
1 Item

250. Johnson 2,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 2,11
Title:
A Mughal nobleman
Scope & Content:
Portrait of a Mughal nobleman. Mughal, c.1660. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 59 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and gilt-sprinkled borders. 204 by 123 mm; page 410 by 296 mm. The nobleman, facing right, sits against a floral ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1660
Extent:
1 Item