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421. Johnson 18,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 18,3
Title:
Farrukh Siyyar
Scope & Content:
Farrukh Siyyar. Mughal, c.1712-19. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue and fawn borders. 215 by 120 mm; page 379 by 252 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by ‘Aziz Allah, 18th century. Farrukh Siyyar ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1715
Extent:
1 Item

422. Johnson 60,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,9
Title:
'Abd al-Rahim Khan
Scope & Content:
‘Abd al-Rahim Khar. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at right edge in Persian characters: ‘shabeh’ ‘‘abd’ al-’rahim’ ‘khar’ (a likeness of ‘Abd al-Rahim the Ass); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; paper borders. 109 by 70 mm; page 190 by 12...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

423. Johnson 60,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 60,10
Title:
Mulla Shah
Scope & Content:
Mulla Shah. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse). Gouache; modern card border. 182 by 88 mm; page 204 by 109 mm. The mulla, his full beard turning grey, stands facing right holding his hands behind his back...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

424. Johnson 66,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 66,10
Title:
Two girls entertaining a ruler, possibly Nawab Muzaffar Jang of Farrukhabad
Scope & Content:
Two girls entertaining a ruler. Farrukhabad, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; on an album page with plain and coloured borders sprinkled with gold. 173 by 101 mm; page 513 by 380 mm. Two girls, one with a ‘tambur’, the other dancing, entertain a ruler dressed in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1775
Extent:
1 Item

425. Johnson 58,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,8
Title:
Prince Muhammad Mu'azzim (later Bahadur Shah 1)
Scope & Content:
Prince Muhammad Mu‘azzim (Later Bahadur Shah I). Mughal, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shahzadah’ ... ‘Muhammad Mu‘azzim’ (Prince ... Muhammad Mu‘azzim); in English: ‘Prince Muhammad Muazim’; Persian inventory note (not numbered). Drawing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

426. Johnson 39,1-36

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 39,1-36
Title:
J.39,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Central India, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collecti ...
Scope & Content:
J.39,1-36 Thirty-six paintings comprising a’ ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Central India, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed with Sanskrit verses of Damodara’s ‘Sangita-darpana’. Gouache with gold; orange borders. 210 by 135 mm includ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1779-1781
Extent:
36 items

427. Johnson 43,1-25

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 43,1-25
Title:
J.43,1-25 Twenty-five paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to the Painter’s system with variations. Provincial Mughal (Delhi area), ...
Scope & Content:
J.43,1-25 Twenty-five paintings from a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to the Painter’s system with variations. Provincial Mughal (Delhi area), c.1630 [Despite the arguments below, a Popular Mughal provenance in Rajasthan seems more probable]. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1629-1631
Extent:
25 items

428. Johnson 44,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 44,8
Title:
Megha Malar Raga
Scope & Content:
Megha Malar Raga. A princely youth is seated in a garden listening to three female musicians, while a fourth girl attends him with a ‘chauri.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

429. Johnson 36,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,14
Title:
Karnata Ragini
Scope & Content:
Karanata Ragini. Five courtiers holding spears acclaim Krishna who stands holding a sword and the severed tusk of a caparisoned elephant, which lies in the foreground. There are palace buildings on the left with diminutive figures.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

430. Johnson 37,28

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37,28
Title:
Bangali Ragini
Scope & Content:
Bangali Ragini. The ‘ragini’ figure crouches in worship before a shrine to Siva with a lioness lying behind her beside a burning candle. She is in a courtyard overlooked by a balcony. Reproduced: Gangoly (1935), II, pl.CVI, fig.D. Note: Other Hyderabad sets supply this subject with the title...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item