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Johnson 66,9
- Record Id:
- 041-003287741
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x000510
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 66,9
- Title:
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A prince smoking attended by ladies
- Scope & Content:
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A prince smoking attended by ladies.
Farrukhabad, c.1760-70.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Gouache with gold; on an album page with blue and plain borders sprinkled with gold.
Reverse: a ‘ragamala’ series.
277 by 188 mm; page 555 by 373 mm.
Listed: Foster (1924), no.69.
The prince reclines on a bed smoking a hookah with a blue and white porcelain bowl. He is attended by a girl with her hair tied in a bun and six other girls one of whom is grinding paste at the foot of the bed.
Note: The same prince is shown in J.66, 4, perhaps one of the younger sons of Ahmad Khan Bangash.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287701
041-003287741 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 66 : Total of 11 leaves separately mounted.
Johnson 66,9 : A prince smoking attended by ladies - Contains:
- Johnson 66,9va : Bhairava Raga
Johnson 66,9vb : Bhairavi Ragini
Johnson 66,9vc : Malasri Ragini
Johnson 66,9vd : Patamanjari Ragini
Johnson 66,9ve : Lalita Ragini
Johnson 66,9vf : Nata Ragini
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- 032-003286446[0067]/040-003287701[0009]/041-003287741
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Farrukhabad style
Lucknow style - Start Date:
- 1760
- End Date:
- 1770
- Date Range:
- 1760-1770
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: opaque watercolour
- Former Internal References:
- J.66,9
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 362vi
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Subjects:
- Hookahs