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Johnson 3,2
- Record Id:
- 041-003286502
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000039
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171478719.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 3,2
- Title:
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Jahangir hunting lions
- Scope & Content:
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Jahangir hunting lions.
Mughal, c.1780.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
‘Charba’; mounted by the Library on paper watermarked 1818.
210 by 160 mm; page 385 by 280 mm.
The emperor Jahangir is being attacked by a wounded lion which springs into the howdah of his elephant. The emperor kneels and raises his gun to strike the lion with the butt; an attendant crouches terrified in the howdah and the mahout cowers away.
Note: This frequently repeated subject derives from an incident recounted in the memoirs of Jahangir: ‘It happened to me once when I was prince that I had gone out in the Punjab to hunt tigers. A powerful tiger appeared out of the wood. I fired at him from the elephant, and the tiger in great fury rose and came on the elephant’s back, and I had not the time to put down my gun and seize my sword. Inverting the gun, I knelt, and with both hands struck him with the stock over the head and face so that he fell to the ground and died’ (Jahangir (1909-14), II, 207). Here the subject has been altered a little; the animal has no arrow in its side and the emperor carries no sword. Other versions of the incident are reproduced in Brown (1924), pl.XLIII, and Ashton (1950), pl.134.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286500
041-003286502 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 3 : Total of 6 leaves separately mounted. All the pictures contain animals, some being equestrian portraits, others hunting scenes. The…
Johnson 3,2 : Jahangir hunting lions - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0004]/040-003286500[0002]/041-003286502
- 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_100171478719.0x000001 (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: tracing (chabra)
- Former Internal References:
- J.3,2
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 221
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)