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Johnson 10,6
- Record Id:
- 041-003286624
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x0000b3
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171470634.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 10,6
- Title:
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A scene at a well, a girl offering water to a horseman
- Scope & Content:
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Scene at a well.
Mughal, c.1750.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with fawn border and plain margin.
236 by 161 mm; page 378 by 248 mm.
Reverse: a quatrain in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy.
A girl offers water to a prince who has arrived at a well on horseback. Her companions are collecting pots of water from the well-head where a girl sits working a chain of pots with her hands and feet. An old woman drinks from the overflow on the left.
Note: This romantic illustration, popular in Mughal and Rajput painting, appears to derive from more than one parallel source. It is generally thought to originate from the poem completed by Muhammad Akram in 1685 on the story of Shahid and Wafa. Coomaraswamy, on the other hand, suggests that it could illustrate the story of Mohna Rani and Chel Batao (Coomaraswamy (1930), no.CXVI, pl.LI).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286618
041-003286624 - 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 10,6 : A scene at a well, a girl offering water to a horseman - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0011]/040-003286618[0006]/041-003286624
- 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_100171470634.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/18th century style - Start Date:
- 1749
- End Date:
- 1751
- Date Range:
- c 1750
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.10,6
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 195
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)