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1. Johnson 1

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Johnson 1
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Total of 30 leaves separately mounted. Mostly male portraits with no obvious common factor although a high proportion are of a divine or mystical nature.
Scope & Content:
Total of 30 leaves separately mounted. Mostly male portraits with no obvious common factor although a high proportion are of a divine or mystical nature. Other subjects include the captive Sultan Bayazid I of Turkey (2), and the well-known picture of squirrels in a plane tree (30). The album lea...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 1,6c

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Johnson 1,6c
Title:
Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier of the Akbar period. Mughal, c.1590. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; the green background repainted, probably obscuring an inscription of identification; on an album page with three other portraits, with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 98 by 57 mm; ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1590
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 1,6d

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Johnson 1,6d
Title:
Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; the green background has been repainted, probably obscuring an inscription of identification; on an album page with three other portraits, with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 98 by 57 mm; page 490 by...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 1,5c

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Johnson 1,5c
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with three other portraits; outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 135 by 76 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. The courtier,in Aurangzeb period costume, stands facing left, holding a ‘talwa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 1,5d

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Johnson 1,5d
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album page with three other portraits; with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 133 by 79 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. A Mughal courtier, facing right, stands dressed in white Shah Jahan perio...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1700
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 1,5b

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Johnson 1,5b
Title:
A Mughal courtier
Scope & Content:
A Mughal courtier. Mughal, c.1650. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; on an album page with three other portraits; outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 134 by 78 mm; page 493 by 369 mm. The courtier, facing right, is standing holding up a document in his left hand, wearing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1650
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 1,1b

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Johnson 1,1b
Title:
Hermit in a landscape
Scope & Content:
A hermit in a landscape. Mughal, c.1605. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing mounted with one other. 127 by 58 mm; page 485 by 330 mm. The hermit kneels outside his cave, his arms raised, a stream issuing from a lion-headed rock beside him. The figure of a prophet s...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1605
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 1,23

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Johnson 1,23
Title:
Two musicians
Scope & Content:
Two musicians. Mughal, c.1780. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i mutarribha’ (a picture of musicians). Drawing; on an album page with mauve gilt-sprinkled border. 183 by 136 mm; page 492 by 370 mm. One musician kneels while looking at the sp...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1770
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 1,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,8
Title:
Shah Jahan
Scope & Content:
Shah Jahan (1628-57). Mughal, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed below: ‘The Emperor Shah Jehan’; in Persian: ‘shah jahan padshah’ (the emperor Shah Jahan); numbered 10 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘tasvir-i shah jahan’ (a picture of Shah Jahan). Gouache...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1760
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 1,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 1,13
Title:
Khan Duran Nasrat-i Jang
Scope & Content:
Khan Duran Nasrat-i Jang (d.1645). Mughal, c.1670. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in lower left corner in Persian: ‘Navab Asad Khan’; above: ‘tasvir-i navab asad khan’ (a picture of Nawab Asad Khan). Gouache with gold; background uncoloured; on an album page with gilt...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1670
Extent:
1 Item