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Johnson 1,24
- Record Id:
- 041-003286479
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000022
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171466898.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 1,24
- Title:
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A nobleman and a lady playing chaupar. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of
- Scope & Content:
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A nobleman and lady playing chaupar.
Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i husn shaghl-i chaupar bazi’ (a picture of a beauty ‘playing chaupar)’; numbered 43 in Persian inventory note.
Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with inner navy blue and gilt floral border, outer gilt-sprinkled border with gold cartouche containing the descriptive inscription.
228 by 159 mm; page 502 by 348 mm.
A young nobleman and his lady are playing ‘chaupar’; the lady on the left and the nobleman on the right facing her. They are seated on a carpet with decorated cushions upon a white terrace, and a lawn and pavilion are in the background.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286448
041-003286479 - 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 1,24 : A nobleman and a lady playing chaupar. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0002]/040-003286448[0031]/041-003286479
- 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_100171466898.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
- Start Date:
- 1774
- End Date:
- 1776
- Date Range:
- c 1775
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.1,24
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 255i
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)