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Johnson 45,36
- Record Id:
- 041-003287423
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x0003d2
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171615482.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 45,36
- Title:
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The avatars of Visnu and other Vaisnavite manifestations
- Scope & Content:
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Illustrations of the avatars of Visnu and other Vaisnavite subjects.
Commissioned by Richard Johnson, Lucknow, c.1780-82.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 85 in Persian inventory note.
Drawing with colour and gold; on a single sheet of paper divided into 15 squares with gold lines.
58 by 58 mm; page 185 by 300 mm.
Fifteen avatar’s’ (right to left): (a) Fish (‘Matsya’) incarnation; (b) Tortoise (‘Kurma’) incarnation; (c) Boar (‘Varaha’) incarnation; (d) Man-lion ‘(Narasimha)’ incarnation; (e) Dwarf (‘Vamana’) incarnation; (f) White Horse (‘Kalki’) incarnation; (g) Buddha incarnation; (h) Krishna as a baby being carried across the Jumna;(i) Ravana facing Rama and Lakshmana; (j) Rama with the axe ‘(Parasurama)’ slaying Kartavirya; (k) Visnu reclining on Sheshanaga with Brahma on the lotus growing from his navel; (l) Rama and Sita receiving Hanuman; (m) Rama incarnation of Visnu; (n) Visnu enthroned; (o) Visnu with a devotee who holds a lotus.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287385
041-003287423 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 45 : Total of 44 leaves separately mounted remaining from a total in 1830 of 45.
Johnson 45,36 : The avatars of Visnu and other Vaisnavite manifestations - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0046]/040-003287385[0010]/041-003287423
- 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_100171615482.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
- Start Date:
- 1780
- End Date:
- 1782
- Date Range:
- 1780-1782
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: tinted drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.45,36
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 358
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)