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841. Johnson 36,36v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,36v
Title:
Vase and oranges
Scope & Content:
Reverse: a blue and white dish and vase from which grows a plant with large orange fruits is inscribed with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses, and the Persian identification.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

842. Johnson 1,1a

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,1a
Title:
Christ with angels.
Scope & Content:
Christ with angels. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘varaq’ ...’ 2’ (page ... 2). Brush drawing with some gold; mounted with another drawing on an album leaf with three borders of gilt floral decoration ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

843. Johnson 59,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 59,1
Title:
Nawab Itimad al-Daula Qamar al-Din Khan Bahadur
Scope & Content:
Nawab ‘Itimad al-Daula Bahadur (d.1748). Oudh, c.1770-80, traced from an earlier Mughal version. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian characters: ‘tasvir-i nawab ‘Itimad ud-daula bahadur’ ... (a likeness of Nawab ‘Itimad al-Daula Bahadur ... ). ‘Charba...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

844. Johnson 58,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 58,18
Title:
Mirza Shah Rukh. Artist(s): Miskin Muhammad (fl.c.1775-80)
Scope & Content:
Mirza Shah Rukh (d.1607). By Miskin Muhammad, Lucknow, c.1775-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed at top in Persian characters; ‘mirza shah rukh amal-i miskin muhammad’ (Mirza Shah Rukh, the work of Miskin Muhammad); Persian inventory note (not numbered). Gouache; unco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

845. Johnson 28,7

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,7
Title:
Mounted prince with two attendants, one with a hawk, the other with fruit and a bottle
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: mounted prince and two attendants, one holding his hawk and the other a dish of fruit and a bottle. In the foreground a horse and a mule. Plain background. Two couplets of verse in the upper part of the miniature. The prince's face has been retouched in India. Some flaki...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1575-1600
Extent:
1 Item

846. Johnson 36,3v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,3v
Title:
Tree with yellow birds
Scope & Content:
Reverse: eight yellow birds are perched in a tree with Harivallabha’s Hindi verses written on their bodies; the Persian identification is written on the trunk of the tree.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

847. Johnson 36,8v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,8v
Title:
A building near a lake
Scope & Content:
Reverse: Harivallabha’s Hindi verses are written on the near and far walls of a building near a lotus lake; the Persian identification is written on the wall of a central water-pavilion.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

848. Johnson 46,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,5
Title:
Vamana avatar ( the dwarf )
Scope & Content:
Vamana avatar (the Dwarf). 149 by 99 mm. Visnu in his dwarf form asks Bali for the boon of as much land as he can step over in three strides; Bali pours water over his hands. Sumitra, the officiating priest, stands on the right and Prahlada is on the left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

849. Johnson 46,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46,6
Title:
Parasurama avatar ( Rama with the axe )
Scope & Content:
Parasurama avatar (Rama with the axe). 157 by 98 mm. Rama is in combat with the thousand-armed Kartavirya. Renuka sits above near her wounded husband Jamadagni and Surabhi, the cow of plenty.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1775-1780
Extent:
1 Item

850. Johnson 36,10v

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 36,10v
Title:
Tank with parterres and turtles
Scope & Content:
Reverse: a lotus tank is surrounded by parterres of flowers, with eight formalised turtles swimming in the water with Harivallabha’s verses written on their bodies: the Persian identification is written on an enlarged lotus flower in the centre .
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item