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Johnson 25,4
- Record Id:
- 041-003286816
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000173
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171478664.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 25,4
- Title:
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Fath Mamur Khan aged seventeen. Artist(s): Utam Chand (fl. 1775-1781)
- Scope & Content:
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Fath Ma‘mur Khan, aged seventeen.
By Utam Chand, Lucknow, dated 1781.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shabeh-i haft dah salagi fath ma‘mur khan’ (a portrait of Fath Ma‘mur Khan aged seventeen years); numbered 23 in Persian inventory note (repeated on reverse); on reverse: ‘‘amal-i utam chand, sunnah 195’ (the work of Utam Chand, year 195 - for AH1195/AD1781); in nagari: ‘Fath Mamur Khan.’
Gouache with gold; on an album page with a border of pink-tinted paper.
234 by 139 mm; page 290 by 177 mm.
Fath Mamur Khan, facing left, stands in a field with a black shield and orange sword at his side, dressed in white with pale yellow boots. There is a plain background with coloured sky at the top.
Note: The identity of Fath Mamur Khan is uncertain, ‘see’ J.60, 14.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003286812
041-003286816 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 25 : Total of 14 leaves separately mounted. All are male portraits. The leaves are not of uniform size or design.
Johnson 25,4 : Fath Mamur Khan aged seventeen. Artist(s): Utam Chand (fl. 1775-1781) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0026]/040-003286812[0004]/041-003286816
- 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_100171478664.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
- Start Date:
- 1781
- End Date:
- 1781
- Date Range:
- 1781
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.25,4
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 280
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)