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Johnson 24,7
- Record Id:
- 041-003286806
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000169
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171479165.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 24,7
- Title:
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An officer in consultation
- Scope & Content:
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An officer in consultation.
Murshidabad, c.1770.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 64 in Persian inventory note.
Gouache with gold; applied border of grey paper.
288 by 206 mm; page 325 by 225 mm.
Reverse: main outlines of the picture roughly traced.
An officer, probably a nawab of Murshidabad, sits beneath a canopy on a terrace attended by six courtiers and ministers, all dressed in white; there is a formal garden beyond with a lotus pool, under a moonlit sky.
Note: This picture shows many Murshidabad features: pale colouring, the yellow and white flowers around the pool, the arrangement of the figures in relation to the canopy, but some of the facial features suggest Lucknow influence. This would be in accordance with the proposition that Lucknow artists went to Murshidabad about 1760 (Skelton (1959), 16-17). The nawab could be Mir Qasim Khan, although he is not wearing the same style of plumed turban as in the Victoria and Albert Museum picture (illustrated in Skelton (1956), fig.10).
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286799
041-003286806 - 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 24,7 : An officer in consultation - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0025]/040-003286799[0007]/041-003286806
- 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_100171479165.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Bengal style
Eastern India style
Murshidabad style - Start Date:
- 1769
- End Date:
- 1771
- Date Range:
- c 1770
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.24,7
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 380
- Exhibitions:
- Mughal India: Art, Culture and Empire, British Library, 9 November 2012 - 2 April 2013
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)