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Johnson 2,12

Record Id:

041-003286498

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003286446

MDARK:

ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000035

LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

Johnson 2,12

Title:

Babur greets courtiers at the Id festival

Scope & Content:

The emperor Babur greeting courtiers on the occasion of the Id festival.

Mughal, c.1595.

Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.

Persian inventory note (not numbered).

Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with floral diaper border.

286 by 160 mm; page 436 by 301 mm.

Reverse: four lines of diagonal ‘nasta'liq’ calligraphy written by ‘Ali al-Husaini for Khwaja Mir Wazir; 17th century.

Babur is enthroned on a verandah in a cloistered courtyard, as one of the gathered courtiers stands separately and salutes him. In the foreground is a gateway and two departing horsemen, in the back ground, a palace with figures in discussion.

Note: This could be a detached illustration from a manuscript of the ‘Baburnama’ as shown by comparison with the illustrations of this scene in known manuscripts of the work: ‘Delhi’ ‘Baburnama,’ f.298v; British Library Ms.Or. 3714, f.417v; and ‘Moscow’ ‘Baburnama’ (Tyulayev (1960), pl.64).

Collection Area:

Visual Arts

Project / Collection:

Johnson Collection

Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003286446
040-003286486
041-003286498

Is part of:

Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 2 : Total of 13 leaves separately mounted. All male portraiture, although a few pictures contain several figures around a central character,…

Johnson 2,12 : Babur greets courtiers at the Id festival

Hierarchy:

032-003286446[0003]/040-003286486[0012]/041-003286498

Container:

View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection

Record Type (Level):

Item

Extent:

1 Item

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Not applicable

Scripts:

Not applicable

Styles:

Mughal style
Mughal/Akbar style

Start Date:

1594

End Date:

1596

Date Range:

c 1595

Era:

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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: opaque watercolour

Former Internal References:

J.2,12

Finding Aids:

Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 6

Material Type:

Prints, Drawings and Paintings

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Babur, Mughal Emperor of India, 1483-1530,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108451285

Subjects:

Festivals
Portraits
Rites and Ceremonies
durbars and court scenes
festivals (Muslim)