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11. Johnson 45,39

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,39
Title:
Krishna playing the flute
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; gold and pink paper borders. 184 by 135 mm; page 282 by 203 mm. Krishna stands on a rock under a tree playing his flute to a peacock and cattle. A gopi kneels in worship on the rig...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

12. Johnson 45,40

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,40
Title:
Krishna playing the flute
Scope & Content:
Krishna playing the flute. Hyderabad, c.1770. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; oval; gold and pink paper borders. 140 by 103 mm; page 281 by 190 mm. Krishna stands beneath a tree playing his flute to caparisoned oxen and a gopi, who waves a ‘chauri.’ He has f...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

13. Johnson 45,25

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,25
Title:
A Mughal prince and his mistress
Scope & Content:
A Mughal prince and mistress. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. ‘Charba’; mounted on paper. 160 by 93 mm; page 210 by 138 mm. A Mughal prince is seated beneath a canopy dallying with a lady who lies with her head across his lap; refreshments are spread before the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

14. Johnson 45,36

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,36
Title:
The avatars of Visnu and other Vaisnavite manifestations
Scope & Content:
Illustrations of the avatars of Visnu and other Vaisnavite subjects. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 85 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with colour and gold; on a single sheet of paper divided into 15 squares with ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

15. Johnson 45,9-24

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,9-24
Title:
J.45,9-24 Sixteen designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Jo ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,9-24 Sixteen designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. ‘Charbas’ with some colour in most cases; ten are of oblong format, many with corners reserved where text w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
16 items

16. Johnson 45,26-30

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,26-30
Title:
J.45,26-30 Five designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard John ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,26-30 Five designs for illustrations of an unidentified Sanskrit or Hindi text. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Pounced tracings on paper; mounted on a single sheet of paper; nos.27-30 show signs of having been used as pa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
5 items

17. Johnson 45,1-6, 8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,1-6, 8
Title:
J.45,1-6, 8 Seven ‘ragamala’ illustrations. By Ram Sahai, Bahadur Singh and Mul Chand, Faizabad, c.1760-70. Purchased 1907. Published: Waldschmidt (19 ...
Scope & Content:
J.45,1-6, 8 Seven ‘ragamala’ illustrations. By Ram Sahai, Bahadur Singh and Mul Chand, Faizabad, c.1760-70. Purchased 1907. Published: Waldschmidt (1962), 179-85; Waldschmidt (1975), 542, no.33. Note: The compositions of some of the pictures in this incomplete ‘ragamala’ appear again in the...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
7 items

18. Johnson 45,33

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,33
Title:
A goddess riding a cat. Artist(s): Ghulam Reza (fl.1780-1782) style of
Scope & Content:
A goddess. Style of Ghulam Reza, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold. 194 by 135 mm. A goddess rides upon a cat in a landscape, holding a lance. Note: Perhaps an illustration to an astrological series. For signed examples of Ghulam Reza’s work, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

19. Johnson 45,43

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,43
Title:
Girls bathing at a pool. Artist(s): Mul Chand (fl.c.1760-1780)
Scope & Content:
Girls bathing at a pool. By Mul Chand, Faizabad or Lucknow, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mul chand musavvir’ (the work of the painter Mul Chand). Gouache with gold; plain paper border. 165 by 121 mm; page 213 by 164 mm. A pa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

20. Johnson 45,37

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 45,37
Title:
A lady visiting a shrine . Artist(s): Mir Kalan Khan (fl.c.1760-80) style of
Scope & Content:
A lady visiting a shrine. Style of Mir Kalan Khan, Lucknow, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 73 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; uncoloured border. 257 by 157 mm; page 354 by 236 mm. A lady with a lamp and a ewer approaches a lingam shrine set bene...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item