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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Horsfield Collection Level [32] Fonds

1. NHD1/76-172

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/76-172
Title:
NHD1/76-172 Ninety-seven drawings in watercolour, pencil, and pen-and-ink depicting 48 birds, 46 mammals and 2 reptilia from Java; bound in a volume m ...
Scope & Content:
NHD1/76-172 Ninety-seven drawings in watercolour, pencil, and pen-and-ink depicting 48 birds, 46 mammals and 2 reptilia from Java; bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. Seventy of these drawings were probably made by Chinese artists in Java between 1811 and 1817, while the British were ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1824
Extent:
98 items

2. NHD9

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD9
Title:
241 drawings (nos. 1401-1642) in an album, depicting Lepidoptera and 5 cryptogams from Java. Collected by Horsfield in Java between 1811 and 1818. Probably the work of local draughtmen
Scope & Content:
Two hundred and forty-one drawings in watercolour, pen-and-ink and pencil; 236 depicting Lepidoptera and 5 cryptogams from Java; bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. These drawings were collected by Horsfield in Java between 1811and 1818. The drawings of mosses were probably made by hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1811-1818
Extent:
1 Item

3. WD526-537, WD956-958

Reference (shelfmark):
WD526-537, WD956-958
Title:
HORSFIELD COLLECTION. HORSFIELD, THOMAS (1773-1859) Thomas Horsfield, an American by birth, went to Java in 1802 as a surgeon in the service of the D ...
Scope & Content:
HORSFIELD COLLECTION. HORSFIELD, THOMAS (1773-1859) Thomas Horsfield, an American by birth, went to Java in 1802 as a surgeon in the service of the Dutch government. In 1811, when the British took Java, he transferred to the British service. With the encouragement of Raffles, he made many valua...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1818
Extent:
16 items

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