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Johnson 40
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Total of 5 leaves remaining from a total of 61 given in the 1830 catalogue. The 5 surviv~ ing pictures now separately mounted are with one exception not ragamala subjects, but centre on Krishna or Vishnu.
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Total of 5 leaves remaining from a total of 61 given in the 1830 catalogue. The contents were then described as 'Raga Mala 61 drawings - small 4to'. The 5 surviv~ ing pictures now separately mounted are with one exception not 'ragamala' subjects, but centre on Krishna or Vishnu. 56 drawings were already missing when the collection was catalogued in the 1930s by Dr H.N. Randle (MSS.Eur.D.542).

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Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 313
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Total of 5 leaves remaining from a total of 61 given in the 1830 catalogue. The 5 surviv~ ing pictures now separately mounted are with one exception not ragamala subjects, but centre on Krishna or Vishnu.