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Johnson 24,1
- Record Id:
- 041-003286800
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000163
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171475923.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 24,1
- Title:
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Bahadur Shah I (1707-12). Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1740-70)
- Scope & Content:
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Bahadur Shah I (1707-12).
By Hunhar, Lucknow, c.1760.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed above in Persian: ‘tasvir-i bahadur shah badshah, ‘amal-i hunhar hal’ (a picture of the emperor Bahadur Shah, the work of the present Hunhar); numbered 59 in Persian inventory note; on reverse: ‘tasvir-i mu‘izz al-din ‘amal-i javahir mal’ (a picture of Mu‘izz al-Din, the work of Jawahir Mal); a line has been drawn through this inscription, presumably because of its inaccuracy; the picture is attributed to Hunhar in the other inscription, and the title of Bahadur Shah was Mu‘azzim rather than Mu‘izz al-Din.
Gouache with gold; on an album page with inner gold border and plain margin.
252 by 157 mm; page 331 by 222 mm.
Bahadur Shah I, facing right, stands in a field, holding a ‘sarpesh’ in his left hand and a straight sword in his right. He is dressed predominantly in white, with yellow boots and a halo, background of blue sky.
Note: The inscription indicates that Hunhar was known as the ‘present’ Hunhar to distinguish him from his seventeenth-century namesake.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286799
041-003286800 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 24 : Total of 12 leaves separately mounted. In the 1830 catalogue no.4 was omitted but two items are entered under no.6. All are…
Johnson 24,1 : Bahadur Shah I (1707-12). Artist(s): Hunhar (fl. 1740-70) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0025]/040-003286799[0001]/041-003286800
- 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_100171475923.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
Lucknow/Faizabad style - Start Date:
- 1759
- End Date:
- 1761
- Date Range:
- c 1760
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.24,1
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 274
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)