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Johnson 42
- Record Id:
- 040-003287275
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00033e
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 42
- Title:
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A complete series of 36 ragamala illustrations separately mounted, apparently commissioned by Johnson to illustrate the Risalah-i ragamala, a Persian work of which a copy was in Johnson's possession.
- Scope & Content:
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A complete series of 36 ‘ragamala’ illustrations separately mounted, apparently commissioned by Johnson to illustrate the ‘Risalah-i ragamala,’ a Persian work of which a copy was in Johnson's possession. The series was originally bound in red Indian leather with Johnson's bookplate - his arms above a label in Persian dated AH1194/AD1780 with the legend: ‘Mumtaz al-daula mufakhkhar al-mulk Richard Johnson bahadur’ ‘husam-i jang.’ The album ran from right to left and was preceded by a list of the pictures in Persian characters. An early note on the left hand fly-leaf described the contents as '36 drawings some of which are very obscene'. In the 1830 catalogue the opinion was reiterated: 'Raga Mala, 36 drawings of which some are excessively obscene and should be destroyed. 4to'.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287275 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 42 : A complete series of 36 ragamala illustrations separately mounted, apparently commissioned by Johnson to illustrate the… - Contains:
- Johnson 42,1-36 : J.42,1-36 Thirty-six pictures comprising a ‘ragamala’ series, arranged according to Hanuman’s system. Commissioned by…
Click here to View / search full list of parts of Johnson 42 - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0043]/040-003287275
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1780
- Date Range:
- 1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Former Internal References:
- J.42
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 313
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)