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Johnson 21,8
- Record Id:
- 041-003286759
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00013a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171471067.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 21,8
- Title:
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A young girl. Artist(s): Gobind Singh (fl.1775-1782)
- Scope & Content:
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A young girl.
By Gobind Singh, Lucknow, c.1775-80.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed beneath in Persian: ‘‘amal-i rao gobind singh’ (the work of Rao Gobind Singh); a Persian inscription above identifies the girl as ‘Bhai Saras Rup’; numbered 26 in Persian inventory note; repeated on reverse naming the subject as Saras Rup Bhai.
Gouache with gold; mounted with gilt-sprinkled border.
144 by 96 mm; page 250 by 174 mm.
Reproduced: Smith (1911), pl.CXXVII; Smith (1930), pl.163.
A beautiful young girl sits among wine-red cushions on a terrace, holding a pink flower in her right hand. A ‘pan’ box and a spittoon are near her and a line of flowers are beyond the terrace wall beneath a streaked coloured sky.
Note: Gobind Singh here adopts a somewhat hard angular style with strident colours, which links him with the Mughal artist Aqil Khan. He also works in a less finished style when painting pictures for inclusion in some of Johnson’s series, notably the ‘ragamala,’ Johnson Album 42, and the ‘‘Iyar-i Danish’ illustrations of Album 54. J.51, 1 is also in his less finished style.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286751
041-003286759 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
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Johnson 21,8 : A young girl. Artist(s): Gobind Singh (fl.1775-1782) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0022]/040-003286751[0008]/041-003286759
- 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_100171471067.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
- Start Date:
- 1775
- End Date:
- 1780
- Date Range:
- 1775-1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.21,8
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 283
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)