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1. Johnson Collection

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson Collection
Title:
Richard Johnson Collection Richard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working in Calcutta as a writer in t ...
Scope & Content:
RICHARD JOHNSON COLLECTION Richard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working in Calcutta as a writer in the Bengal Civil Service and by 1772 was employed as Warren Hastings’ Assistant. In 1780 he moved to Lucknow and became the Head Assistant to Nath...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
64 items

2. Johnson 57

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 57
Title:
Renumbered Add.Or.1039-1091
Scope & Content:
Renumbered Add.Or.1039-1091
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 29

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 29
Title:
Album of calligraphic specimens
Scope & Content:
Preserved as an album. The 1830 catalogue gave a total of 20 leaves of which 19 are now extant. The missing leaf (4) is described in the 1830 catalogue as 'taken out'. All the leaves have specimens of Persian calligraphy, and in most cases clearly derive from the same albums as the Persian it...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1500-1790
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 66

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 66
Title:
Total of 11 leaves separately mounted.
Scope & Content:
Total of 11 leaves separately mounted. The number of items in this album is not stipulated in the 1830 catalogue where it is described as 'A Portfolio - red -containing several mythological and other obscene pictures', the latter presumably nos 1-3. Nos 4-9 tally with a note made in the 1830 c...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 37

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 37
Title:
A complete series of 36 ragamala illustrations, separately mounted.
Scope & Content:
A complete series of 36 ‘ragamala’ illustrations, separately mounted.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 44

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 44
Title:
A complete series of 42 ragamala illustrations separately mounted.
Scope & Content:
A complete series of 42 ‘ragamala’ illustrations separately mounted. The series was formerly bound in red leather, rebacked in the early 20th century, with flyleaves on one of which is written a list of contents in Persian.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 46

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 46
Title:
Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the avataras of Vishnu.
Scope & Content:
Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the ‘avataras’ of Vishnu.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 48

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 48
Title:
Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the avataras of Vishnu.
Scope & Content:
Total of 10 pictures separately mounted illustrating the ‘avataras’ of Vishnu. The original series of 10 was incomplete and was made up with 4 pictures of Lucknow manufacture, probably to Johnson's order (nos 1, 6, 8 and 9).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 34

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 34
Title:
Total of 35 ragamala illustrations separately mounted from a series probably commissioned by Johnson.
Scope & Content:
Total of 35 ‘ragamala’ illustrations separately mounted from a series probably commissioned by Johnson. Originally there must have been a total of 36, but one was already missing when the 1830 catalogue was made.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 35

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 35
Title:
Total of 30 ragamala illustrations from a single series, separately mounted.
Scope & Content:
Total of 30 ‘ragamala’ illustrations from a single series, separately mounted.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item