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Johnson 5

Record Id:

040-003286537

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003286446

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00005c

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Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Johnson 5

Title:

The 23 leaves are the work of Lucknow artists, especially Sital Das, and were apparently prepared to Johnson's order.

Scope & Content:

The 1830 catalogue gives a total of 24 leaves of which only 23 are now extant. The missing item (1) was described as 'An account of the Taj Mahal in Persian' and was presumably a group of illustrations or diagrams with explanatory text. The 23 leaves are the work of Lucknow artists, especially Sital Das, and were apparently prepared to Johnson's order. The subjects are all related to practices current, or at one time current, in India: these include card games, signs of the zodiac, games, processions and a series of sacrificial ceremonies. The dominant medium is drawing with watercolour on paper, and many pictures are of comparatively large dimensions. When the collection was listed in the 1930s, no.l was already missing.

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Johnson Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003286446
040-003286537

Is part of:

Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…

Johnson 5 : The 23 leaves are the work of Lucknow artists, especially Sital Das, and were apparently prepared to Johnson's order.

Contains:

Johnson 5,2 : Designs for three card games
Johnson 5,3 : Designs for cards for a game of the ganjifa type
Johnson 5,4 : Designs for cards for a game of the ganjifa type
Johnson 5,5 : Designs for a game entitled Ganj (Treasure)
Johnson 5,6 : A prince enters a citadel with ceremony
Johnson 5,7 : An elephant parade for the Muharram festival
Johnson 5,7v : Head of a youth.
Johnson 5,8 : Design for a game of snakes and ladders, gyan chaupar
Johnson 5,9 : Illustrations of animals probably for a card game
Johnson 5,10-24 : J.5,10-24 Fifteen illustrations of religious scenes and sacrifices. By and attributed to Sital Das. Commissioned by Richard…

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Hierarchy:

032-003286446[0006]/040-003286537

Container:

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Record Type (Level):

File

Extent:

1 Item

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Languages:

Not applicable

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Not applicable

Start Date:

-9999

End Date:

-9999

Date Range:

Unspecified

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Former Internal References:

J.5

Finding Aids:

Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 311

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)