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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).
Short Notice
Archibald Swinton: A New Source for Albums of Indian Miniatures in William Beckford's Collection
06/2001 | 1179 | 143
Pages: 360-366
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Author:
Harris, Lucian (Harris, Lucian)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Beckford, William, 1760-1844
collectors and dealers:
Swinton, Archibald, 1731-1804
dates:
1750-1849
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Orientalism
subjects:
Indian painting / Illuminated manuscripts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Captain Archibald Swinton of Kimmerghame and Family on the Banks of the Blackadder, by Alexander Nasmyth. c.1790. 112 by 147 cm. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
48. Captain Archibald Swinton, Attributed to Joshua Reynolds. c.1786. 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Private Collection).
Non-western art unattributed:
49. Madonna, Mughal or Deccani Copy of European Engraving, c.Mid-Seventeenth Century, Set on Mughal Album Page of Similar Date. Gouache on Paper, 32.6 by 22.4 cm. (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, I 4591, fol. 12a).
Non-western art unattributed:
50. Group of Holy Men, Bengal or Oudh, Mid-Eighteenth Century. Gouache on Paper, 33 by 24.5 cm. (Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin, I 5004, fol.25a).
Non-western art unattributed:
51. Yogini with a Tambur, Bijapur, Deccan, Early Seventeenth Century. Gouache on Paper, 14.5 by 7.5 cm. (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, I 4591, fol.13a).
Non-western art unattributed:
52. Flyleaf from Tusveerān 9, Showing Persian Inscription of Ghulam Husain Khan, Persian Seal and Library Notes of Archibald Swinton. (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, I 5001, fol.25a).
Non-western art unattributed:
53. Detail from Flyleaf of Tusveerān 3, Showing Persian Inscription of Ghulam Husain Khan, Persian Seal and Library Notes of Archibald Swinton, and William Beckford library Notes. (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, I 4592, fol.22b).
Non-western art unattributed:
54. Binding of Captain Archibald Swinton's Tusveerān 2. Red Morocco, 36.3 by 56.5 cm. (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, I 4589).
Non-western art unattributed:
55. Durga Slaying Mahisha, Bengal or Oudh, Mid-Eighteenth Century. Gouache on Paper, 36.2 by 26.1 cm. (Museum für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, I 4589, fol.2a).
Non-western art unattributed:
56. Karnata Ragini, Deccan, c.1750. Gouache on Paper, 13.1 by 21.1 cm. (Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin, I 5002, fol.8).
Non-western art unattributed:
57. Portrait of Lutfullah Khan (1646-1703), Mughal, c.1685. Gouache on Paper, 33 by 24.5 cm. (Museum für Indische Kunst, Berlin, I 5004, fol.12a).