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Johnson 5,8
- Record Id:
- 041-003286546
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000065
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171860065.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 5,8
- Title:
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Design for a game of snakes and ladders, gyan chaupar
- Scope & Content:
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A design for a game of ‘snakes and ladders’.
Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Each square is numbered and labelled with its attribute in Persian and Hindi.
Drawing with colours; on paper.
Board area 520 by 525 mm; page 655 by 675 mm.
The board is divided into squares of equal size, nine across and eight deep, making seventy-two in all. Each square is numbered and labelled with an attribute (‘eg’ heaven, grief, bad company and various sins and pleasures); five of the squares in the top row represent gods, and are provided with yellow arches. Between certain squares run ladders, snakes, and two scorpions; one square contains a sprig of flowers.
Topsfield, Andrew. “The Indian Game of Snakes and Ladders.” Artibus Asiae, vol. 46, no. 3, 1985, pp. 203–226.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286537
041-003286546 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 5 : The 23 leaves are the work of Lucknow artists, especially Sital Das, and were apparently prepared to Johnson's order.
Johnson 5,8 : Design for a game of snakes and ladders, gyan chaupar - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0006]/040-003286537[0009]/041-003286546
- 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_100171860065.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1782
- Date Range:
- 1780-1782
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.5,8
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 361iv
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)