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Johnson 58,6
- Record Id:
- 041-003287588
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000477
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 58,6
- Title:
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Allahvardi Khan (d.1659)
- Scope & Content:
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Allahvardi Khan (d.1659).
Lucknow, c.1775-80.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed at top in Persian: ‘shabeh-i allahvardi khan kalan shah jahani’ (a likeness of Allahvardi Khan Kalan [in the service of] Shah Jahan); numbered 16 in Persian inventory note.
Gouache; yellow-tinted paper border.
207 by 127 mm; page 240 by 153 mm.
Allahvardi Khan (Shah Nawaz Khan (1911-52) I, 668-72), stands facing right with his hands resting on a slender staff. He is dressed in a white jama with cyclamen turban and yellow boots, an orange belt and sword-sheath; uncoloured background.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287582
041-003287588 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 58 : Total of 21 leaves separately mounted. All are male portraits.
Johnson 58,6 : Allahvardi Khan (d.1659) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0058]/040-003287582[0006]/041-003287588
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Lucknow style
Lucknow/Faizabad style - Start Date:
- 1770
- End Date:
- 1780
- Date Range:
- 1770-1780
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.58,6
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 321i
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Allahvardi Khan, d 1659
- Subjects:
- Portraits