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1. Johnson 28,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,1
Title:
A seated dervish
Scope & Content:
A seated dervish. Oudh, c.1770-80. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 7 in Persian inventory note. Tinted drawing; background and frame completed in gouache perhaps rather later than the drawing; on an album page with plain borders. 73 by 73 mm; page 367 by 244 mm. A dervish sits w...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1770-1782
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 28,2

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,2
Title:
Mounted prince with a falcon, preceded by a running footman
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: young mounted prince with falcon on his wrist preceded by a running footman. Plain background with conventional flowers in gold. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 14 by 8.5 cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated upper corners. Illuminated frame incorporating panels of...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 28,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,3
Title:
Young man seated against a flowering tree. Artist(s): Muhammadi, style of (c.1590-1600)
Scope & Content:
Young man seated against a flowering tree. Plain background. Style of Muhammadi. Despite flaking of the face, this is a fine piece of work and might almost be by Muhammadi. c.1575. 17.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). Illuminated upper corners and frame. 'Pastoral' margins as in J.28, 14. On reverse, ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 28,4

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,4
Title:
A discussion in a courtyard before an iwan
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a discussion in a courtyard before an ‘iwan.’ Rather rubbed in the middle. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 16.5 by 9 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame and margins with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse. Evidently from the same MS and by the sa...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 28,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,5
Title:
A learned discussion before an iwan set against a grey hillside
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: a learned discussion before an ‘iwan’ set against a grey hillside. This seems to be by the same hand as J.27, 12 (and perhaps J.27, 13). Khurasan style: c.1575. 20.5 by 13 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Illuminated frame. Margins with designs of Khusraw spying Shirin bathing, against a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1575
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 28,9

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,9
Title:
A drunken party in a courtyard by night
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: moonlight scene in a courtyard with an ‘iwan:’ a bearded man lying asleep (drunk?) surrounded by young men with bottles and cups. In the courtyard a led horse, a man with a cresset, and a bearded man registering astonishment. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 17 by ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

7. Johnson 28,10

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,10
Title:
A couple seated by a stream in a garden
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting: a couple seated on mats by a stream in a garden. Some rubbing, and the lady's face completely gone. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 15.5 by 8 cm (page 37 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame, and margins of scrollwork with inlaid panels. On reverse, two columns of verse: b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

8. Johnson 28,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,12
Title:
Young prince seated before a princess writing
Scope & Content:
Miniature painting: young prince seated before a princess who writes on a paper; writing-table with blue and white porcelain ink-pot in the foreground. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 11 by 9.5 cm (page 36.5 by 24.5 cm). Decorated frame; couplet of verse above and below the miniature...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

9. Johnson 28,13

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,13
Title:
A girl seated on a morha beneath a tree
Scope & Content:
A girl seated on a morha beneath a tree. Mughal, c.1740. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Numbered 10 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with plain and blue borders decorated in gold with floral arabesques. 183 by 116 mm; page 361 by 240 mm. Reverse: four diago...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1740
Extent:
1 Item

10. Johnson 28,18

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 28,18
Title:
Yusuf put ashore after bathing in the Nile
Scope & Content:
Miniaturepainting illustrating the ‘Yusuf u Zulaykha’ of Jami: Yusuf put ashore after bathing in the Nile; behind, a ship full of men, two of them armoured. Some flaking and rubbing: silver blackened. Bukhara style: third quarter sixteenth century. 20 by 11cm (page 37 by 23.5 cm). A couplet of verse...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1550-1575
Extent:
1 Item

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