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Eighteenth-century Mughal paintings from the Swinton collection
10/2017 | 1375 | 159
Pages: 789-799
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Author:
Losty, J. P. (Losty, J. P.)
Subjects
artists:
Hunhar
artists:
Chand, Dip
collectors and dealers:
Swinton, Archibald, 1731-1804
dates:
1740-1749 / 1750-1759
media:
Miniatures (paintings)
patrons:
Khan, Alivardi
places:
Murshidabad
styles:
Mughal School
styles:
Indo-Persian School
works:
East India Company / Group portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Mir Jafar Ali Khan watching dancing in his garden, attributed here to Purannath known as Hunhar II. 1763 (Swinton collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
34. Mir Jafar Ali Khan hawking with his son Miran, signed by Purannath known as Hunhar II. c. 1760 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IM 13-1911).
Attributed works:
35. The Emperor Muhammad Shah hunting with hawks. Attributed here to the Mughal artist Chitarman. 1725-30 (Swinton collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
23. Alivardi Khan presides over the adoption of Ikram al-Daula by Shahamat Jang, by a Murshidabad artist. c. 1748 (Swinton Collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
24. Shah Alam's qalamdan (penbox). Mughal, probably from Kashmir. Mid-eighteenth century (Swinton collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
26. Ikram al-Daula on horseback in a private procession with the state retinue depicted in the background, by a Murshidabad artist. 1750-53 (Swinton collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotlad, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
27. Shahamat Jang with his adopted son Ikram al-Daula, by a Murshidabad artist. 1748-50 (Swinton collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
28. Nawab Alivardi Khan with his grandson and newphews, by a Murshidabad artist. 1748-50 (Swinton collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
29. Shahamat Jang and Ikram al-Daula giving an evening musical entertainment, by a Murshidabad artist. 1748-50 (Swinton collection, on loan to the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Non-western art unattributed:
30. Shahamat Jang (here identified), by a Murshidabad artist. c. 1748 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IM D.1202-1903).
Non-western art unattributed:
31. Alivardi Khan presenting a turban ornament to Saulat Jang, observed by Shahamat Jang and Siraj al-Daula, by a Murshidabad artist. 1753-55 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IM D.1201-1903).
Non-western art unattributed:
32. Alivardi Khan in conversation with Shahamat Jang and Saulat Jang, observed by Siraj al-Daula and Ikram al-Daula, by a Murshidabad artist. 1750-53 (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, IM D.1175-1903).
Article
The 'Bute Hafiz' and the Development of Border Decoration in the Manuscript Studio of the Mughals
12/1985 | 993 | 127
Pages: 855-856+858-871
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Author:
Losty, J. P. (Losty, J. P.)
Subjects
artists:
Sultan 'Ali Mashhadi
artists:
Manohar
artists:
Khwaja Jan Shirazl
artists:
Riza Abbasi
artists:
Daulat
dates:
1500-1699
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Akbar, Emperor of Hindustan, 1542-1605
patrons:
Jahangir, Emperor of Hindustan, 1569-1627
places:
India
sources:
Hafiz
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Indian painting
subjects:
Patronage
subjects:
Mughal
subjects:
Akbar-namah
subjects:
Safavid
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. A Page from the Divan of Katibi Copied by Sultan 'Ali in 1471. B. L. Or. 11844, f.3b.
Attributed works:
11. Detail Showing Note Giving the Date of Illumination, 1014/1605. B. L. Or. 14139, f.58a.
Attributed works:
12. Detail Showing European Man with a Scroll Bearing a Date of 1014/1605. B. L. Or. 14139, f.18a.
Attributed works:
13. Detail Showing Accession Notes by the Emperors Jahangir and Shah Jahan. B. L. Or. 14139, f.1a.
Attributed works:
14. The Opening Pages of the Second Akbarnama, Remargined c. 1619. B. L. 12988, ff.1b, 2a.
Attributed works:
15. Illuminated Borders with Lion, Deer and Birds from the 1581 Gulistan. R. A. S. Pers. 258, ff.66b, 67a.
Attributed works:
16. Pages Showing the Arrangement of the Cartouches in the 'Bute Hafiz'. B. L. Or. 14139, ff.60b, 61a.
Attributed works:
17. Detail from the 1595 Baharistan Showing Border with Hunting Scene. Painted by Shivdas. (Ms. Elliot 254, f.10a, Bodleian Library).
Attributed works:
18. Border with Figures in a Landscape. Painted by Balchand. (Ms. Elliot 254, f.17a, Bodleian Library).
Attributed works:
19. Border with Figures in Cartouches. Painted by Khim. (Ms. Elliot 254, f.45b, Bodleian Library).
Attributed works:
23. Border Painted by Aqa Riza in 1599, from the Gulshan Album, (After Godard).
Attributed works:
24. Detail from the 'Bute Hafiz' Showing Figures in a Landscape. B. L. Or. 14139, f.2a.
Attributed works:
25. A Peri, f.18b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
26. A Yak, f.73b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
27. A European Musician, f.47a. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
28. A Man Making Sweets, f.35b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
29. A Man Fighting a Lion, f.35a. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
30. A Goldsmith, f.31b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
31. A Man with an Adze, f.40b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
32. A Brahmin Praying to the Sun, f.36a. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
33. A Split-Eared Yogi, f.100b. All Details on This Page Are from B. L. Or. 14139
Attributed works:
34. An Artist (Daulat?). B. L. Or. 14139, f.49a.
Attributed works:
35. Detail Showing Self Portrait by Daulat. B. L. Or. 12208, f.325b.
Attributed works:
36. Self Portrait, by Daulat, from the Gulshan Album. (After Godard).
Attributed works:
37. Ascetics in the Border Surrounding a Portrait of the Dervish Shah Daulat. Painted by Dilvarat, c. 1635. (Ms. 7B, f.25. Chester Beatty Library, Dublin).
Attributed works:
9. The Opening Page of the 'Bute Hafiz'. B. L. Or. 14139, f.1b.
Non-western art unattributed:
20. Detail of Border with Deer in Cartouches in an Arabesque. B. L. Or. 12208, f.285b.
Non-western art unattributed:
21. Detail from the 1595 Nizami Showing Huntsman with Musket. B. L. Or. 12208, f.132a.
Non-western art unattributed:
22. Border with a Man Holding a Book in a Cartouche, Surrounded by Birds and Flowers. B. L. Or. 12208, f.169b.
Non-western art unattributed:
38. Border with Workmen Preparing Books, from Jahangir's Album. (54. 116-2v. Freer Gallery of Art, Washington D. C.).
Non-western art unattributed:
39. Border from the Berlin Album. (Libri Pict. A. 117, f.24a. Staatsbibliothek, Berlin).
Non-western art unattributed:
40. Illuminated Border with Mythical Animals, Lion, Tiger, Deer etc. from Shah Tahmasp's Khamsa, Tabriz, 1539-43. B. L. Or. 2265, f.19b.
Non-western art unattributed:
41. Border with Elephants, Tiger and Jackals, from the 1595 Nizami. B. L. Or. 12208, f.204a.