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2. Johnson 14,11v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,11v
- Title:
- A runaway buffalo chased by its keeper
- Scope & Content:
- Runaway buffalo. Deccan, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Coloured drawing; on an album leaf with red border and blue margin. 78 by 155 mm; page 351 by 230 mm. Reverse: a painting of an angelic figure enthroned. A man sprints alongside a charging water buffalo and tries to rein it...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1700
- Extent:
- 1 Item
3. Johnson 14,6
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,6
- Title:
- Christian saint, perhaps the Magdalen
- Scope & Content:
- A Christian saint, perhaps the Magdalen. Deccan, c.1640-60. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with twin borders of arabesques in gold and silver; margin of red florets. 135 by 93 mm; page 318 by 218 mm. Reverse: a floral design in colours and silv...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1640-1660
- Extent:
- 1 Item
4. Johnson 14,8b
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,8b
- Title:
- A hunting cheetah on a cart
- Scope & Content:
- A hunting cheetah on a cart. Mughal, c.1610. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold, the gold added at the time the album leaf was made; mounted on an album page with one other. 95 by 132 mm; page 362 by 232 mm. The cheetah is blindfolded on a cart drawn by two black bu...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1610
- Extent:
- 1 Item
5. Johnson 14
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14
- Title:
- Total of 12 leaves separately mounted of which one is a page of calligraphy (12). The subjects are broadly of religious content, mostly Christian. The leaves are from various albums of several designs.
- Scope & Content:
- Total of 12 leaves separately mounted of which one is a page of calligraphy (12). The subjects are broadly of religious content, mostly Christian. The leaves are from various albums of several designs.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- Unspecified
- Extent:
- 1 Item
6. Johnson 14,1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,1
- Title:
- Sultan Ibrahim Adham of Balkh with the angels
- Scope & Content:
- Sultan Ibrahim Adham of Balkh. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 44 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse:’ tasvir-i hazrat-i ibrahim adham’ (a picture of Saint Ibrahim Adham). Gouache with gold; narrow gold border; applied margin of grey paper. 249 ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Extent:
- 1 Item
7. Johnson 14,5v
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,5v
- Title:
- A woman greeting a holy man
- Scope & Content:
- A woman greeting a holy man. Deccan, c.1700-1750. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; blue and uncoloured borders. 185 by 113 mm; page 362 by 234 mm. Reverse: a drawing of a priest. A woman greets a holy man who is apparently blind. He has a white beard and walks with the aid of a s...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1700-1750
- Extent:
- 1 Item
8. Johnson 14,7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,7
- Title:
- European lady with a dog
- Scope & Content:
- A European lady with a dog. Deccan, c.1640. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with a border enclosing six ‘baits’ of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy, and a margin of florets in gold; a blind panel on reverse. 139 by 86 mm; page 362 by 230 mm. A European l...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1640
- Extent:
- 1 Item
9. Johnson 14,8a
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,8a
- Title:
- A Christian knight fighting a Saracen foot-soldier
- Scope & Content:
- A Christian knight fighting with a Saracen foot-soldier. Mughal, c.1630. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘shah jalal al-din akbar -’ possibly an identification of a facing picture in an earlier album. Gouache with gold; mounted (with J.14, 8b) on an album...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1630
- Extent:
- 1 Item
10. Johnson 14,10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 14,10
- Title:
- Virgin Mary with the Christ Child, after an engraving by Dürer. Artist(s): Durer, Albrecht ( 1471-1528), after
- Scope & Content:
- The Virgin Mary. Deccan, c.1700 (after an engraving by Albrecht Dürer). Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed above in Persian: ‘bibi mariam va hazrat-i ‘isa’ (the lady Mary and the Lord Jesus). Drawing with colour; on an album page with gold arabesque border and gilt-sprinkled green...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1700
- Extent:
- 1 Item