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Johnson 4,9
- Record Id:
- 041-003286517
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000048
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171607886.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 4,9
- Title:
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An elderly Mughal nobleman
- Scope & Content:
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An elderly Mughal nobleman.
Oudh, c.1770-80.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 16 in Persian inventory note.
Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner blue and outer gilt-sprinkled border.
186 by 94 mm; page 415 by 286 mm.
An elderly Mughal nobleman stands facing right leaning with both hands on a gold staff. He is dressed in white, with yellow boots. At his feet is a conventional pattern of pink flowers. The pale blue sky has coloured streaks.
Note: This drawing like many of the portraits from Johnson Album 4 (e.g. nos.9, 10, 12, 14, 15, 19, 21, 22, 24 and 27) seem to be Mughal drawings which have been entirely or almost entirely overpainted at Lucknow. In view of the fact that so little of the original Mughal work can be seen, they have all been given to Oudh at this period.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286507
041-003286517 - 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 4,9 : An elderly Mughal nobleman - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0005]/040-003286507[0010]/041-003286517
- 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_100171607886.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
Lucknow/Faizabad style - Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1780
- Date Range:
- 1770-1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.4,9
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 314i
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)