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Johnson 9,1
- Record Id:
- 041-003286602
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00009d
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 9,1
- Title:
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A girl seated on a morha
- Scope & Content:
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A girl seated on a cane stool.
Oudh, c.1770-80.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 56 in Persian inventory note.
Drawing, the background completed in gouache; on an album page with gilt-decorated blue border and gilt-sprinkled outer margin.
152 by 83 mm; page 413 by 285 mm.
A girl, facing right, is seated on a ‘morha’ and holds a rose bloom. There is a greenish sky with streaked cloud-band above.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286601
041-003286602 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 9 : Total of 16 leaves separately mounted. Mostly female portraiture or scenes with ladies. Many of the leaves come from a single…
Johnson 9,1 : A girl seated on a morha - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0010]/040-003286601[0001]/041-003286602
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- 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: tinted drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.9,1
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 322i
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Women