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Johnson 18,5
- Record Id:
- 041-003286723
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000116
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171471472.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 18,5
- Title:
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Farrukh Siyyar receiving Hussain 'Ali Khan
- Scope & Content:
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Farrukh Siyyar receiving Husain ‘Ali Khan (d.1720).
Mughal, c.1712-19.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed below in Persian: ‘farrukh siyyar padshah ma‘a vazir husain ‘ali khan’ (the emperor Farrukh Siyyar with ‘vazir’ Husain Ali Khan); numbered 21 in Persian inventory note; priced on reverse in ‘raqam’: 20(?) rupees.
Gouache with gold; on an album page with floral border in two tones of gold.
338 by 207 mm; page 389 by 250 mm.
The emperor is enthroned on a garden terrace under a canopy. Husain ‘Ali Khan stands before him holding an inscribed paper; a courtier is on the left with a ‘chauri.’
‘Note:’ Husain ‘Ali Khan was ‘Amir al-Umra under Farrukh Siyyar, the office of ‘vazir’ being held by his brother ‘Abdullah Khan. For another picture of Farrukh Siyyar with Husain ‘Ali Khan, ‘see’ Burn (1922), 56. Husain ‘Ali Khan was assassinated by Mir Haidar in 1720 (Shah Nawaz Khan (1911-52), I, 628-39).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286718
041-003286723 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 18 : Total of 20 leaves separately mounted depicting Mughal emperors, princes, courtiers and noblemen. The leaves are taken from…
Johnson 18,5 : Farrukh Siyyar receiving Hussain 'Ali Khan - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0019]/040-003286718[0005]/041-003286723
- 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_100171471472.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/18th century style - Start Date:
- 1714
- End Date:
- 1716
- Date Range:
- c 1715
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.18,5
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 156
- 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)