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Johnson 59,8
- Record Id:
- 041-003287612
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00048f
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 59,8
- Title:
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Prince Sulaiman Shikoh
- Scope & Content:
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Prince Sulaiman Shikoh.
Golconda, c.1680.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed above in Persian: ‘shahzadeh suleiman shikoh baradar-i khord-i dara shikoh’ (Prince Sulaiman Shikoh, little brother of Dara Shikoh); on reverse: ‘yek rupiya u hasht annah’ (one rupee and eight annas).
Gouache; oval with black spandrels and red and green inner borders; brown-tinted paper border.
47 by 41 mm; page 223 by 150 mm.
Head profile portrait of Prince Sulaiman Shikoh with a thin beard and moustache, wearing a gold-banded white turban, and with a fur collar visible at the neck; grey background.
Note: The inscription is misleading - Sulaiman Shikoh was the son of Dara Shikoh, born in 1635.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287604
041-003287612 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 59 : Total of 9 leaves separately mounted. All are male portraits, the undecorated borders showing no uniformity of design
Johnson 59,8 : Prince Sulaiman Shikoh - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0059]/040-003287604[0008]/041-003287612
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Deccani style
Deccani/Golconda style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1679
- End Date:
- 1681
- Date Range:
- c 1680
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.59,8
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 418
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Sulaiman Shikoh, Prince, b 1635
- Subjects:
- Portraits