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Johnson 60,18
- Record Id:
- 041-003287632
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x0004a3
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 60,18
- Title:
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A fakir meditating
- Scope & Content:
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A fakir meditating.
Oudh, c.1770-80.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Wash drawing; gilt-decorated blue border; mounted on paper.
98 by 68 mm; page 189 by 123 mm.
A fakir sits cross-legged on a tiger-skin in meditation. He has a short crutch in his left hand, a cloth is draped loosely about his middle, his long hair fails down his back and he has a light cloth on his head. Various birds are in the landscape about him and two with a bull in the foreground.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287614
041-003287632 - 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 60,18 : A fakir meditating - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0060]/040-003287614[0018]/041-003287632
- 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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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: wash
- Former Internal References:
- J.60,18
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 329
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Ascetics
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