An elderly Mughal nobleman. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 16 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner blue and outer gilt-sprinkled border. 186 by 94 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. An elderly Mughal nobleman stands facing r...
Designs for a game entitled Ganj (Treasure). Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed with numerous captions and identifications in Persian, and a legend written on either side of the board area. Drawing; on paper; the board ...
A prince enters a citadel with ceremony. Lucknow, c.1780, after a Deccani original. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; backed with grey paper. 211 by 215 mm; page 460 by 380 mm. The state entry of a prince into a citadel. He rides upon a caparisoned elephant be...
A Christian scene based on the Last Supper. Deccan, c.1640-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 46 in Persian inventory note. Drawing with gold for the halo; on an album leaf with gilt-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 167 by 97 mm; page 415 by 290 ...
A Sufi dervish. Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 34 in Persian inventory note. Drawing; on an album page with blue border decorated with gold, outer gilt-sprinkled border. 153 by 76 mm; page 414 by 287 mm. The dervish, fully bearded, stands with his han...
Three girls. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with plain and pink paper borders and silver rules. 111 by 99 mm; page 306 by 225 mm. Three girls sit in a meadow, one smoking a ‘nargila,’ the other two drinking.
A girl in a landscape. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with inner green border decorated with gold and silver, the margin with flower-heads. 159 by 79 mm; page 318 by 215 mm. Reverse: a floral trellis design. A girl sits by a...
A lady going to worship. Deccan, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with borders decorated with arabesques and flower-heads; the borders partly finished in the lower left corner. 150 by 74 mm; page 320 by 215 mm. Reverse: a flower-head d...
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...