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381. 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

382. 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

383. 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

384. Johnson 27,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 27,1
Title:
Princess playing to a prince
Scope & Content:
A princess playing to a prince. Golconda, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse with Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache with gold; an illustration from a manuscript with two couplets of text at the top of the miniature; on an album leaf with pl...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

385. Johnson 4,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,21
Title:
A nobleman seated on orange cushions
Scope & Content:
A nobleman on orange cushions. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 60 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; the face and hands are uncoloured and are perhaps Mughal work of a slightly earlier date; on an album page with inner blue border and uncolou...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

386. Johnson 55,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,2
Title:
An old ascetic
Scope & Content:
An old ascetic. Mughal, c.1680. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note. Coloured drawing with some gouache; gilt ‘hashiya’ and uncoloured paper border. 149 by 145 mm; page 252 by 180 mm. An aged bearded ascetic, seated on a tiger-skin beneath a tr...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

387. Johnson 55,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,3
Title:
Khwaja Khizr standing on a fish
Scope & Content:
Khwaja Khizr standing on a fish. Murshidabad, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 1 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; orange border with simple decoration: paper extensions at top and bottom. 155 by 118 mm; page 256 by 180 mm. Note: The cult of the prophet Kh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

388. Johnson 56,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,1
Title:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati on horseback
Scope & Content:
Baz Bahadur and Rupmati. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse: ‘Khosh-khat may’(?)’/Tasvir 20.’ Gouache; on an album leaf with pink-tinted and uncoloured paper borders. 70 by 112 mm; page 240 by 167 mm. Reverse: a design of a flowering plant wit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

389. Johnson 67,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,4
Title:
An assembly of animals and birds
Scope & Content:
An assembly of animals and birds. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at bottom in Persian characters: ‘‘amal-i nadir al-zaman’ (the work of Nadir al-Zaman) - this inscription is unreliable; numbered ‘9’ in Persian inventory note. Gouache; inner border of g...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item

390. Johnson 67,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,9
Title:
A keeper with a pair of deer
Scope & Content:
A keeper with a pair of deer. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Gouache; flowers in foreground repainted; undecorated borders sprinkled with gold. 138 by 92 mm; page 413 by 280 mm. Reproduced: Pinder-Wilson (1976), no.134. T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1610
Extent:
1 Item