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Johnson 67,2
- Record Id:
- 041-003287753
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003286446
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028184689.0x00051c
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100172116730.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Johnson 67,2
- Title:
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Mughal nobleman out hawking
- Scope & Content:
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A Mughal nobleman out hawking.
Mughal, c.1660.
Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807.
Numbered 25 in Persian inventory note; inscribed on reverse: ‘qaimat-i tasvir-i amir’ ... (the price of this picture ... ).
Gouache; inner blue border with gold floral arabesques, outer orange border sprinkled with gold.
182 by 238 mm; page 420 by 287 mm.
Reproduced: Heath (1925), pl.VI; Losty and Leach (1998), pl. 11.
The nobleman, wearing a floral brown jama and carrying a hawk on his right wrist, rides a striding grey horse. A pond is on the left with a group of ducks flying in to land. There are green hillocks around with a coloured sky above.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Johnson Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003286446
040-003287751
041-003287753 - Is part of:
- Johnson Collection : Richard Johnson CollectionRichard Johnson (1753-1807) lived in India from June 1770 until January 1790. He began working…
Johnson 67 : Total of 19 separately mounted leaves of which one is Persian. Each picture contains animals or birds. Some are incidental as in…
Johnson 67,2 : Mughal nobleman out hawking - Hierarchy:
- 032-003286446[0068]/040-003287751[0002]/041-003287753
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Johnson Collection
- Record Type (Level):
- Item
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_100172116730.0x000001 (digital images currently unavailable)
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- Mughal style
Mughal/Aurangzeb style - Start Date:
- 1659
- End Date:
- 1661
- Date Range:
- c 1660
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: tinted drawing
- Former Internal References:
- J.67,2
- Finding Aids:
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 103
- Exhibitions:
- Trading Places: The East India Company and Asia, British Library, 24 May 2002 - 15 September 2002
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)