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Johnson 60,4
- Record Id:
- 041-003287618
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000495
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 60,4
- Title:
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Deccani ruler
- Scope & Content:
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A Deccani ruler.
Golconda, c.1680.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Inscribed on reverse with Persian inventory note (not numbered).
Drawing with touches of pink on turban; uncoloured paper border.
123 by 84 mm; page 178 by 120 mm.
Reverse: a faint drawing of a girl, partly obscured by a fragment of a ‘charba’ with a traced portrait of a Mughal prince.
Three-quarter length portrait of a ruler, facing left, with his right hand resting on the hilt of his dagger and his left on his sword. His turban is adorned with a feather-aigrette.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287614
041-003287618 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 60 : Total of 23 leaves separately mounted. All are portraits except for one example of silk embroidery on paper.
Johnson 60,4 : Deccani ruler - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0060]/040-003287614[0004]/041-003287618
- 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: tinted drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.60,4
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 420
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Occupations
nobles