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Johnson 55,7
- Record Id:
- 041-003287559
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00045a
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100171870020.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 55,7
- Title:
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Prince holding discourse in the countryside
- Scope & Content:
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A prince holding discourse in the countryside.
Mughal, c.1600.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 5 in Persian inventory note (using the word ‘nigarashta).’
Coloured drawing on cotton; on an album leaf; blue and uncoloured paper borders.
196 by 123 mm; page 265 by 176 mm.
The prince is enthroned under a decorated canopy in a landscape. A man is welcomed in the foreground by a lantern-bearer, and a musician plays a ‘tambur’ beside a horse.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287550
041-003287559 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 55 : Total of 7 leaves separately mounted of which 4 are Indian and 3 Persian. The group has no uniformity, and some leaves have…
Johnson 55,7 : Prince holding discourse in the countryside - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0055]/040-003287550[0007]/041-003287559
- 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_100171870020.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
-
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Akbar style - Start Date:
- 1599
- End Date:
- 1601
- Date Range:
- c 1600
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: coloured; cloth, cotton; drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.55,7
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 14
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)