Text in Photo Album: “Summer march 1937 to Varnum (north Ulricehamn). P *, Peter v. E., Frih: an P *, Hinke Lager, Philipsson, Frih: an v. E. Kräftsupé in Varnr camp.”

The works of art JJ01 - JJ 67 make up John Johnson’s donation. John Johnson was born in Naverstad in Bohuslän in 1861. He attended Uddevalla elementary school. Then moved to Gothen...

Mughal emperors Akbar, Jahangir and Shah Jahan with their ministers, by Bichitr (recto), foliate design in gold (verso), folio from the Minto Album. This allegorical group portra...

Portrait of Shāhnavāz Khān Ṣafavī (d. 1659) by Hāshim (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verso), folio from the Minto Album. Many of the Mughal emperors ordered full-leng...

Persian calligraphy (recto), equestrian portrait of Akbar (verso), folio from the Late Shah Jahan Album. This portrait of the Mughal emperor Akbar was commissioned during the rei...

Portrait of Mahābat Khān (d. 1634) (recto), Persian calligraphy by Mīr `Alī (verso), from the Late Shah Jahan Album. Zamāna Beg (d. 1634) was the son of a nobleman from Shiraz i...

Shah Jahan on a globe with his four sons, signed Balchand (recto), Persian calligraphy signed Mir `Ali (verso), folio from the Minto Album. In this allegorical family portrait, S...

Youth by a flowering tree, by Farrukh Beg (recto), Persian and Chaghatay Turkish calligraphy by Mir `Ali (verso), folio from the Minto Album. A young man stands by flowering tree...

Persian and Chaghatay Turkish calligraphy by Mir `Ali (recto), youth with swans and rabbits, by `Abd al-Karim (verso), folio from the Minto Album. A young man stands in a complex...