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Johnson 1,21
- Record Id:
- 041-003286476
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00001f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171466870.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 1,21
- Title:
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Five dervishes in a landscape
- Scope & Content:
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Five dervishes in a landscape.
Mughal, c.1780.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i darvishan’ (a picture of dervishes); a smudged inscription in the lower left corner perhaps giving the name of an artist.
Drawing; on an album leaf with outer mauve gilt-sprinkled border.
232 by 164 mm; page 481 by 364 mm.
A shaikh sitting smoking a hookah tended by a young disciple, is engaged in discussion with a figure on the left who holds a rosary. Two dervishes in the foreground are seated apart, the one on the left playing a ‘chartar’. In the background is a river with a hut on the bank.
Note: The style and treatment of the landscape and figures indicate that this rather wiry line drawing must derive from an original of the Shah Jahan period, cf. J.1, 22.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286448
041-003286476 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 1 : Total of 30 leaves separately mounted. Mostly male portraits with no obvious common factor although a high proportion are of a divine…
Johnson 1,21 : Five dervishes in a landscape - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0002]/040-003286448[0028]/041-003286476
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100171466870.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/18th century style - Start Date:
- 1779
- End Date:
- 1781
- Date Range:
- c 1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.1,21
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 220i
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)