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Johnson 10,4
- Record Id:
- 041-003286622
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x0000b1
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171470626.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 10,4
- Title:
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A prince and princess in a landscape beside a waterfall
- Scope & Content:
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A prince and princess in a landscape.
Mughal, c.1635-40.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and plain margin.
188 by 123 mm; page 377 by 249 mm.
Reverse: four lines of ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy signed by Muhammad Aslam; 17th century.
Reproduced: Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 8, who redate it to 1620-30 from Falk/Archer’s date of c. 1660.
The young prince [possibly Dara Shikoh or Shah Shuja‘] is seated on the right beneath a tree holding a cup and bottle of wine, his sword and ‘katar’ on the ground beside him. The princess sits by a waterfall on the left, holding a flower-wand. A little picnic is spread on the grass between them, and a rocky mountainside with trees is above.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286618
041-003286622 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 10 : Total of 10 leaves separately mounted. All are of uniform size and design and must have come originally from the same album. The…
Johnson 10,4 : A prince and princess in a landscape beside a waterfall - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0011]/040-003286618[0004]/041-003286622
- 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_100171470626.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Shah Jahan style - Start Date:
- 1635
- End Date:
- 1640
- Date Range:
- 1635-1640
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.10,4
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 100
- Publications:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, by J.P. Losty and M. Roy (London, 2012), fig. 63
- Exhibitions:
- Mughal Paintings from the British Library, Indar Pasricha Fine Arts, 10 February 1998 - 7 March 1998
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)