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2. Johnson 22,11c
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,11c
- Title:
- A girl with a mirror
- Scope & Content:
- A girl with a mirror. 93 by 65 mm. A girl holding up a thumb-ring mirror on her left hand is walking by a blossoming shrub.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1610-1620
- Extent:
- 1 Item
3. Johnson 22,11d
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,11d
- Title:
- A girl with yo-yo
- Scope & Content:
- A girl with a yo-yo. 92 by 65 mm. A girl playing with a yo-yo, standing facing left, dressed in pink and green.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1610-1620
- Extent:
- 1 Item
4. Johnson 22,9
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,9
- Title:
- Bearded man riding an emaciated horse
- Scope & Content:
- Drawing of a bearded man riding an emaciated horse. Qazwin style; mid sixteenth century. 15.5 by 9 cm (page 36.5 by 23 cm). Paper slightly stained. On reverse, ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy by Nasr al-Din ‘Ali, with illuminated upper corner. Margins decorated with arabesque medallions and floral scrolls. ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1550
- Extent:
- 1 Item
5. Johnson 22,11a
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,11a
- Title:
- A lady of European demeanour
- Scope & Content:
- A lady of European demeanour. 122 by 65 mm. The lady is seated on a throne-like chair with a bolster for a footstool. She gives a sign of Christian blessing to a baby who holds a book as he kneels beside the chair. A cat pilfering from one of the dishes is in the foreground; garden and landscape beh...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1610-1620
- Extent:
- 1 Item
6. Johnson 22,1
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,1
- Title:
- A sheet of floral designs
- Scope & Content:
- A sheet of floral designs. Murshidabad, c.1760. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on paper; backing-paper added. 250 by 206 mm; page 345 by 225 mm. A sheet of designs for floral motifs as used for border designs on album pages, or on the lacquered bindings of ‘muraqqa‘.’...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Extent:
- 1 Item
7. Johnson 22,8
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,8
- Title:
- A seated dervish. Artist(s): Riza-i 'Abbasi (fl. 1625-1630)
- Scope & Content:
- Drawing: seated dervish. Signature of Riza-i ‘Abbasi. Plain background with plants and clouds in gold. This is a fine drawing and might well be from the master's hand. Isfahan style: c.1625-30. 13 by 7.5 cm (page 32 by 22.5 cm). Gold-flecked plain triple frame and margins. ‘VAM 1951’ No. 134; ‘Londo...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1625-1630
- Extent:
- 1 Item
8. Johnson 22,10
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,10
- Title:
- A standing lady
- Scope & Content:
- A lady. Rajasthan, c.1640-50. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with gold-decorated blue border enclosing six ‘baits’ of a ‘masnavi’ poem written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy; outer margin of trellis flower-head pattern in gold. 132 by 76 mm; page 362 by 2...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- 1640-1650
- Extent:
- 1 Item
9. Johnson 22,4
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,4
- Title:
- Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan
- Scope & Content:
- Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan (d.1694). Mughal, c.1700. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘Buzurg Umed Khan’; numbered 19 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘nawab buzurg umed’ ‘khan, ‘amal-i fath chand’ (Nawab Buzurg Umed Khan, the work of Fath Chand), numbered ...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1700
- Extent:
- 1 Item
10. Johnson 22,7
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 22,7
- Title:
- A youth reading to a poet
- Scope & Content:
- A youth reading to a poet. Mughal, c.1595. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘padshah akbar’ (the emperor Akbar), which may have referred to an adjacent picture in the original album. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf; two ‘misra‘‘ in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligra...
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Date Range:
- c 1595
- Extent:
- 1 Item
