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1. Johnson 9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9
Title:
Total of 16 leaves separately mounted. Mostly female portraiture or scenes with ladies. Many of the leaves come from a single album distinguished by a plain outer margin with a single gold rule.
Scope & Content:
Total of 16 leaves separately mounted. Mostly female portraiture or scenes with ladies. Many of the leaves come from a single album distinguished by a plain outer margin with a single gold rule.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 9,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,3
Title:
A princess enthroned
Scope & Content:
A princess enthroned. Deccan (perhaps Aurangabad), c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 170 by 95 mm; page 410 by 283 mm. A lady with a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 9,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,2
Title:
A seated lady
Scope & Content:
A seated lady. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 55 in Persian inventory note. Drawing, the background completed in gouache; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 172 by 116 mm; page 415 by 285 mm. A lady seat...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 9,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,10
Title:
Prince entertaining a lady
Scope & Content:
A prince entertaining a lady. Deccan, c.1690. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 33 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: inscription repeated with the additional identification ‘Sri Raga.’ Tinted drawing with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated borders and a gilt-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1690
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 9,6

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,6
Title:
Five girls in courtyard
Scope & Content:
Five girls in a courtyard. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 11 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-decorated blue border and undecorated outer margin. 198 by 128 mm; page 412 by 284 mm. Reverse: a Persian ‘ghazal’ w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 9,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,1
Title:
A girl seated on a morha
Scope & Content:
A girl seated on a cane stool. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 56 in Persian inventory note. Drawing, the background completed in gouache; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 152 by 83 mm; page 413 by 285 m...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 9,8

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,8
Title:
A lady smoking a hookah
Scope & Content:
A lady smoking a hookah. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 54 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-sprinkled outer margin. 132 by 77 mm; page 410 by 285 mm. Reverse: a quatrain written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Sa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 9,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,9
Title:
A girl holding a lotus
Scope & Content:
A girl. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 3 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gilt-decorated blue border and plain outer margin. 158 by 80 mm; page 412 by 285 mm. Reverse: a page of ‘nasta’liq’ calligraphy by Muhammad Hu...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 9,14

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,14
Title:
A nude European courtesan at a window
Scope & Content:
A European courtesan. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in cartouche above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn-i farang’ (picture of a European beauty); numbered 17 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1780
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 9,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 9,13
Title:
A reclining lady. Artist(s): Govardhan (fl. 1730-40), style of
Scope & Content:
A reclining lady. Style of Govardhan, Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 12 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; oval, perhaps cut from a larger picture; on an album leaf with gold-decorated borders of coloured paper and a plain outer margin. 58 b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item