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Johnson 18,6
- Record Id:
- 041-003286724
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000117
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 18,6
- Title:
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Shah Shuja', head and shoulders portrait
- Scope & Content:
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Shah Shuja‘.
Mughal, c.1640-50.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shah shuja‘‘ with a couplet: ‘kasi ra dar jahan az vai khabar nist / mara zin bish agahi digar nist’ (literally: There is not news of him to anybody in the world / To me nothing is more dear than this).
Gouache with gold; oval; on an album leaf with pink and gold borders and a frame of illumination.
38 by 34 mm; page 380 by 250 mm.
Reverse: the first three ‘baits’ of a ‘qasidah’ written in ‘nasta‘liq’ calligraphy described in Persian as ‘written to the order of Mirza Muhammad Taqi Jiv by ‘Abd al-Rahman’, with the date 34 (perhaps for AH1134/AD1721-22).
Shah Shuja‘ aged about twenty-five, is shown head and shoulders, facing left, wearing a green-bound turban with a black aigrette; green background.
Note: Shah Shuja‘, or Sultan Shuja‘, was the second son of the emperor Shah Jahan. He was born in 1616, and died in 1660 after defeat by his younger brother Aurangzeb in the succession wars of 1659-60.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286718
041-003286724 - 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 18,6 : Shah Shuja', head and shoulders portrait - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0019]/040-003286718[0006]/041-003286724
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Shah Jahan style - Start Date:
- 1640
- End Date:
- 1650
- Date Range:
- 1640-1650
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.18,6
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 76
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Shah Shuja, Prince, 1616-1660
- Subjects:
- Portraits