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Johnson 4,3
- Record Id:
- 041-003286510
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000041
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171609612.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 4,3
- Title:
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Dara Shikoh attending a debate between Miyan Mir and Mulla Shah
- Scope & Content:
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Dara Shikoh attending a debate between Miyan Mir and Mulla Shah.
Mughal, c.1650-60.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘Mulla Khwajah hasrat-i Miyan Mir; Shah Khwajah’; and:’ Dara Shikoh’ (these identifications have been erased from a lower position on the picture and rewritten); beneath in English: ‘Dara Shekoh, Miyan Mir’; numbered 45 in Persian inventory note.
Drawing with touches of colour; on an album page with inner blue border and outer gilt-sprinkled margin.
149 by 100 mm; page 414 by 293 mm.
The prince sits beside Mulla Shah who faces Miyan Mir, and an attendant with a ‘morchal’ stands at the doorway of a hut on the right. For Miyan Mir,’ see’ J.7, 11.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286507
041-003286510 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 4 : Total of 28 leaves separately mounted. . All male portraiture, although some are composite scenes, and one (5) has a female portrait on…
Johnson 4,3 : Dara Shikoh attending a debate between Miyan Mir and Mulla Shah - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0005]/040-003286507[0003]/041-003286510
- 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_100171609612.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Shah Jahan style - Start Date:
- 1650
- End Date:
- 1660
- Date Range:
- 1650-1660
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: tinted drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.4,3
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 92
- Exhibitions:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, British Library, 9 November 2012 - 2 April 2013
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)