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Johnson 8,5
- Record Id:
- 041-003286599
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00009a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172116790.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 8,5
- Title:
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Idris instructing mankind in the art of weaving
- Scope & Content:
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Idris giving instruction to mankind in the art of weaving.
Mughal, c.1590.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Persian inventory note (not numbered).
Gouache; an illustration from a manuscript with two lines of ‘nasta'liq’ text at top left corner, and two lines at bottom right corner; on an album page with undecorated borders.
310 by 183 mm; page 415 by 285 mm.
Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 1.
Published: Bayly, C.A. (ed), 'The Raj, India and the British 1600-1947', National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1991, no. 38 , p. 59-60
Idris sits on a deer-skin spread on a hillock, courtiers around him, some bringing rolls of cloth. In the foreground the various stages of weaving are performed, including the washing and drying of the wool, spinning, skeining and weaving.
Note: An illustration from a historical text covering the dawn of civilisation. Idris, normally identified with the biblical Enoch, is distinguished in Muslim literature as a scientist and astronomer who introduced the use of the pen and of woven garments, hence his position as the patron saint of tailors.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286594
041-003286599 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 8 : Total of 6 leaves separately mounted, of which one is Persian. There is no apparent reason for the selection.
Johnson 8,5 : Idris instructing mankind in the art of weaving - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0009]/040-003286594[0005]/041-003286599
- 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_100172116790.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Akbar style - Start Date:
- 1589
- End Date:
- 1591
- Date Range:
- c 1590
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.8,5
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 4
- Publications:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, by J.P. Losty and M. Roy (London, 2012), fig. 6
- Exhibitions:
- The Raj: India and the British, National Portrait Gallery, London, 14 October 1990 - 17 March 1991
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)