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Lovers in a pavilion. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of.
Catalogue reference: Johnson 1,25
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- Johnson 1,25
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- Lovers in a pavilion. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of.
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Date (When the record was created)
- c 1775
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Description (What the record is about)
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Young lovers in a pavilion. Style of Bahadur Singh, Lucknow, c.1775. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Inscribed in cartouche above in Persian: 'tasvir-i husn vaqt-i khalvat' (a picture of a beauty at the time of retirement); numbered 40 in Persian inventory note. Gouache with gold; on an album leaf with inner navy blue and gilt floral border, outer gilt-sprinkled border with gold cartouche. 292 by 228 mm; page 505 by 351 mm. The young lovers are seated intimately in a pavilion. The girl wears gold trousers and a mauve drape, and the man a pink turban. There is a fountain playing in the foreground of the terrace, a bosky grove beyond and a river with trees on the far bank. Note: Although the distant pale blue landscape with the little trees and the grey clouds at the top of the sky are characteristic of the artist Mihr Chand, they are also used by Bahadur Singh ('eg' J.1, 20). The facial type is that of Bahadur Singh.
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- British Library: Asian and African Studies
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- J.1,25
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- Not Public Record(s)
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- Not applicable
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- 1 Item
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Unrestricted. Appointment required to view these records. Please consult Asian and African Studies Print Room staff.
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- Medium: opaque watercolour.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Toby Falk and Mildred Archer, Indian miniatures in the India Office Library (London: Sotheby Parke Bernet, 1981), 255ii
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c0db0028-7608-4a78-8bd0-0f0c52f5ffca/
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This record is held at British Library: Asian and African Studies
Within the fonds: (British Library) Johnson Album
British Library, Visual Arts, Richard Johnson Collection
Within the file: Johnson 1
Total of 30 leaves separately mounted. Mostly male portraits with no obvious common...
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Lovers in a pavilion. Artist(s): Bahadur Singh (fl. 1760-90), style of.