Verso Collection

Scrolling Floral Vines, 1755. Creator: Fayzullah (Indian, active c. 1730-1765)
Scrolling Floral Vines, 1755

Rocaille-boning with a shell, volutes and flowers, c.1750. Creator: Anon
Rocaille-boning with a shell, volutes and flowers, c.1750. Hanging rocaille ornament of volutes with flowers

Persian ruba‘i (quatrain) by Maulana Mu?ammad Murshidi Zawara i... c
Persian ruba i (quatrain) by Maulana Mu?ammad Murshidi Zawara i (Persian, late 1500s-early 1600s), c. 1610-1620

A Cart Drawn by a Brown Horse Near a Lamp Pole; Verso: A Group of Mounted Officers, ca. 1815

The Adoration of the Shepherds; verso: Sketches, ca. 1532-37

Two Angels Flying; verso: God the Father Seated in the Clouds and a Sketch of a Figure Flying, ca. 1720

A Stone Tomb in a Forest;verso: Study of a Flower, 1830. Creator: Christen Kobke
A Stone Tomb in a Forest; verso: Study of a Flower, 1830

Otto, Count of Nassau and his Wife Adelheid van Vianen, 1530-35. Commissioned by Henry III of Nassau, advisor to Emperor Charles V

Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck, ca. 1485-95. Creator
Portrait of Alvise Contarini(?); (verso) A Tethered Roebuck, ca. 1485-95

Text of Rustam and Suhrab, from the Shah-nama of Firdausi (Persian, c. 934-1020), c. 1610. This page of text from the jewel-like copy of the Shah-nama made in the southern Indian city of Bijapur

Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle, c. 1710. Creator: Unknown
Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle, c. 1710

Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso), c. 1710. Creator: Unknown
A Princess and Demons before a Nobleman: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (recto); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso), c. 1710

Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748)... (recto), 1764
Posthumous portrait of the Mughal emperor Muhammad Shah (reigned 1719-1748) holding a falcon (recto); Calligraphy (verso), 1764

Posthumous portrait of Emperor Jahangir under a canopy (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1650. Jahangir, the fourth Mughal emperor, was remembered for his greatness long after his death

Street Scene (recto); Sketches (verso), c. 1848-49. Creator: Gustave Dore (French, 1832-1883)
Street Scene (recto); Sketches (verso), c. 1848-49

Mahliqa, Daughter of the Emperor of China, Pointing at the Bird-Man Khwaja Mubarak: A Leaf from a Poetical Romance Relating to Shah Alam I (verso); Stenciled Scenes of Lion and Gazelle (verso), c

Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1610-1620. Creator: Unknown
Kabir and Two Followers on a Terrace (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1610-1620

Flowering Marigold, c. 1765. Creator: Hunhar II (Indian, active mid-1700s), style of
Flowering Marigold, c. 1765. Trade with the Portuguese, which flourished through the 1500s to 1600s, brought many new plants to India from their territories in South America

A princess on a terrace with attendants at night (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1760. Before a terrace pavilion in the womens quarters of a palace

A prince celebrating Holi with palace women on a terrace at night; verso: calligraphy of a quatrain, c. 1760. Images of pleasure and play abound in Mughal paintings of the latter half of the 1700s

Calligraphy of a Quatrain, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy of a Quatrain, c. 1760

Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325-1389), 1575-76. Creator
Calligraphic exercises and verses of Hafiz (Persian, about 1325-1389), 1575-76. This fine calligraphic work is signed and dated by a calligrapher who was highly regarded in both Safavid Iran

Calligraphy from a Ghazal of Badr al-Din Hilali Jaghata i (Persian, active c. 1500), c. 1550; borders added c. 1700s and mounted upside down

Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme, 1500s or 1600s. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy of a Pious Invocation in Rhyme, 1500s or 1600s

Calligraphy from a ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi (Persian, 1213-1289) and a verse from the Tuhfat al-ahrar (The Gift of the Free) of Abd al-Rahman Jami, c. 1760

Lovers parting, page from a book of fables, c. 1590-95. Creator: Unknown
Lovers parting, page from a book of fables, c. 1590-95. The lovers have met in a remote wilderness location, away from the city shown in the distance

Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90…, c
Akbar supervising the capture of wild elephants at Malwa in 1564, painting 90 from an Akbar-nama (Book of Akbar) of Abu l Fazl (Indian 1551-1602), c. 1602-3; borders added c. 1700s

From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary)... 1607-1608. Creator: Unknown
From the Farhang-i Jahangiri (Persian-language Dictionary) compiled by Mir Jamal al-Din Husayn Inju of Shiraz (Persian, d. 1626), 1607-1608

Calligraphy, 1702. Creator: Ahmad al-Husaini
Calligraphy, 1702

Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili, c. 1590. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy: Preface to the Anvar-i Suhaili, c. 1590. The lovers have met in a remote wilderness location, away from the city shown in the distance

Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains, c. 1760. Creator: Muhammad Rizavi Hindi (Indian
Calligraphy of Lyrical Quatrains, c. 1760. Floral sprigs illuminate the central calligraphic work, and paired verses have been written in smaller script all around the border

Calligraphy, c. 1650. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy, c. 1650

Calligraphy: A Page of Text from Sadis Bustan, c. 1710-1720. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy: A Page of Text from Sadis Bustan, c. 1710-1720

Calligraphy, c. 1760. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy, c. 1760

Calligraphy, c. 1640-1660. Creator: Unknown
Calligraphy, c. 1640-1660. The text of the poem praises the season of spring, with mystical undertones. The Persian verses are written from right to left in the cursive form of Arabic script known as

Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine, c. 1500-20. Creator: Mirza Muhammad
Calligraphy of Chaghatai Turkish Poems in Praise of Wine, c. 1500-20. This page of delicately illuminated calligraphy from the pre-Mughal period was mounted into a Mughal album

A blindfolded suitor is brought before a princess; verso: scrolling floral vines, 1755. In a scene set on a carpeted terrace in the womens palace quarters

An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1640-1660. Creator: Unknown
An African Lyre Player (recto); Calligraphy (verso), c. 1640-1660

A Country Road with Trees and Figures (recto); Willy Lotts House (verso), c1830. Painting housed at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London. From The Connoisseur Volume LXXVII

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