A Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 15 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with inner blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 163 by 95 mm; page 415 by 292 mm. A Mughal nobleman, facing left, ...
A Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 28 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 193 by 138 mm; page 412 by 290 mm. The Mughal nobleman, facing right, stands in a fl...
A Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 21 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with gouache and gold; on an album page with blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 141 by 63 mm; page 412 by 290 mm. The Mughal nobleman, facing left, stan...
A Mughal officer. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 26 in Persian inventory note. Drawing, gouache background; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 184 by 109 mm; page 413 by 290 mm. The Mughal officer, facin...
Aurangzeb(?). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with touches of gouache; three borders of gilt floral decoration. 151 by 105 mm; page 324 by 230 mm. Reverse: blank, inscribed: ‘Book 64’ being the first page of Johnson Album 64. Aurangzeb, facing right, hi...
A girl holding a pot of flowers. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 36 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; uncoloured paper border. 130 by 81 mm; page 184 by 124 mm. A girl, shown three-quarter length above a terrace wall, is holding a gold pot of flower...
A girl in a green cloak. Deccan, c.1730. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; uncoloured paper border. 148 by 98 mm; page 186 by 117 mm. A girl draped in a green cloak sits facing right against an orange bolster, holding a bottle in o...
Qulich Khan. Golconda, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘Qulich Khan.’ Gouache; three borders of gilt floral decoration. 187 by 126 mm; page 324 by 230 mm. Reverse: ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy on a marbled ground within three borders of floral de...
J.42,1-36 Thirty-six pictures comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780 ...
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J.42,1-36 Thirty-six pictures comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Each picture inscribed in Persian with extracts from the’ Risalah-i ragamala’ of Thakur Das....