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451. Johnson 4,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 4,19
Title:
A nobleman ona terrace
Scope & Content:
A nobleman on a terrace. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 57 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; unfinished; on an album page with gold-decorated blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin. 159 by 102 mm; page 415 by 286 mm. A nobleman, faci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

452. Johnson 55,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 55,6
Title:
Servants and courtiers in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Left-hand half of a double-page outdoor court-scene. The usual cooks, grooms and courtiers grouped in a fenced garden through which a stream flows diagonally. Golden hillside behind. Bukhara style: second half of sixteenth century. 23 by 15.5 cm (page 26 by 18 cm). Very slight flaking: fram...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1600
Extent:
1 Item

453. Johnson 56,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 56,3
Title:
Seated youth with spray of flowers.
Scope & Content:
Tinted drawing of a seated youth with spray of flowers. Competent, but rather hard drawing. Qazwin style: late sixteenth century. 13 by 6.5 cm (page 24.5 by 16.5 cm). Illuminated corner-pieces and frame: margins lightly tinted with flowers. On reverse, ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Mir Husayn ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

454. Johnson 64,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 64,8
Title:
Muhammad Sadiq Khan
Scope & Content:
Muhammad Sadiq Khan. Golconda, c.1680-90. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian characters: ‘Muhammad Sadiq Khan’ ... ‘al-Daula.’ Gouache; three borders of gilt floral decoration. 197 by 112 mm; page 324 by 229 mm. Reverse:’ nasta‘liq’ calligraphy within t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1680-1690
Extent:
1 Item

455. Johnson 10,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 10,10
Title:
Laila and Majnun in a landscape
Scope & Content:
Laila and Majnun in a landscape. Deccan, c.1760-70. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with pink margin. 205 by 121 mm; page 378 by 250 mm. Reverse: a miniature of a lady enthroned. Laila and Majnun sit beneath a tree in a landscape filled with...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1760-1770
Extent:
1 Item

456. Johnson 11,19

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,19
Title:
A lady holding a rose
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; oval; on an album page with pink and blue borders and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 91 by 73 mm; page 334 by 223 mm. The lady faces left, half-length, wearing a Mughal hat with a bird brooch, holdi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1750
Extent:
1 Item

457. Johnson 11,21

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,21
Title:
A lady bathing assisted by two maids
Scope & Content:
A lady bathing, assisted by two maids. Mughal, c.1610-20. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in bottom left corner in Persian: ‘riza’ (perhaps an artist attribution, ‘see below)’; on reverse: ‘majlis-i raniyan’ ... (an assembly of women ... ). Gouache with gold; the lands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1610-1620
Extent:
1 Item

458. Johnson 11,22

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,22
Title:
Ladies visiting a female ascetic
Scope & Content:
Ladies visiting an ascetic. Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 29 in Persian inventory note, inscribed on reverse: ‘hindol’ (swing). Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt arabesque border and gilt-sprinkled green outer margin. 195 by 126 mm; page 3...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

459. Johnson 13,11

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,11
Title:
A lady holding poppies
Scope & Content:
A lady. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with blue border and pink margin. 133 by 70 mm; page 378 by 249 mm. Reverse: Arabic ‘naskhi’ calligraphy in two sizes of script; signed by Muhammad Ghauth; 18th century. The lady stands...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

460. Johnson 13,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 13,12
Title:
A princess seated at a window
Scope & Content:
A seated princess. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn and yellow borders. 168 by 103 mm; page 379 by 249 mm. Reverse: two ‘baits’ of a ‘masnavi’ written diagonally in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by ‘Ab dal-Karim; 18th centu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item