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Johnson 40,1
- Record Id:
- 041-003287260
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00032f
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171607896.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 40,1
- Title:
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Gajendra-moksa, Visnu rescuing the elephant. Artist(s): Mihr Chand (fl.1760s-70s)
- Scope & Content:
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Gajendra-moksha.
By Mihr Chand, Faizabad, c.1770.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed on reverse in Persian: ‘‘amal-i mihr chand’ (the work of Mihr Chand); and: ‘‘amal-i rai fateh chand’ (the work of Rai Fath Chand), deleted; numbered 16 in Persian inventory note; beneath, a rhyming couplet in Urdu refering to Krishna.
Gouache with gold; on an album page with outer blue border lavishly decorated with arabesques in two tones of gold.
195 by 143 mm; page 351 by 252 mm.
Visnu rides with his consort Laksmi upon Garuda to come to the rescue of the elephant king who is caught in the jaws of a crocodile. The elephant is holding up a lotus flower in his trunk as an offering to Visnu. The scene takes place near an elephant encampment outside a fortified town.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287259
041-003287260 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 40 : Total of 5 leaves remaining from a total of 61 given in the 1830 catalogue. The 5 surviv~ ing pictures now separately mounted are with…
Johnson 40,1 : Gajendra-moksa, Visnu rescuing the elephant. Artist(s): Mihr Chand (fl.1760s-70s) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0041]/040-003287259[0001]/041-003287260
- 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_100171607896.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
Lucknow/Faizabad 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.40,1
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 249
- Exhibitions:
- The Ramayana, The British Library, 15 May 200 - 19 September 2008
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)