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Collection Area Visual Arts Project / Collection Natural History Drawings

31. NHD1/29

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/29
Title:
Shell (possibly a Slipper Shell)
Scope & Content:
Shell (possibly a Slipper Shell) Original inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not yet identified
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

32. NHD1/30

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/30
Title:
Many-spotted Auger Shell
Scope & Content:
Many-spotted Auger Shell Family Terebridae, ‘Terebra commaculata’ Original inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

33. NHD1/31

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/31
Title:
Spiral Moon Shell (possibly)
Scope & Content:
Spiral Moon Shell (possibly) Family Naticidae, Genus ‘Neverita’ Original inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: three studies of the shells
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

34. NHD1/32

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/32
Title:
Lesser Kestrel
Scope & Content:
Lesser Kestrel ‘Falco naumanni’ Original inscriptions: ‘Tinnunculus alaudarius Briss ?’ Artist: Medium: Pen and Ink and Watercolour Size: Note: Female.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1813
Extent:
1 Item

35. NHD1/32-75

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/32-75
Title:
NHD1/32-75 Heyne Collection Forty-four drawings in pen-and-ink and watercolour (4 unfinished) depicting Indian birds, bound in a volume measuring 21 ...
Scope & Content:
NHD1/32-75 Heyne Collection Forty-four drawings in pen-and-ink and watercolour (4 unfinished) depicting Indian birds, bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. These drawings were collected sometime between 1793 and 1813 in South India by Dr. Benjamin Heyne (?-1819) while he was Company's ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1813
Extent:
44 items

36. NHD1/33

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/33
Title:
Koel
Scope & Content:
Koel ‘Eudynamys scolopacea’ Original inscriptions: ‘Cuculus orientales. Chobi. Eudynamys orientalis Linn’ Artist: Chobi (Chaubey) Medium: Pen and Ink and Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1813
Extent:
1 Item

37. NHD1/34

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/34
Title:
Pied Kingfisher
Scope & Content:
Pied Kingfisher ‘Ceryle rudis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Alcedo rudis Linn. Chobi. male’ Artist: Chobi (Chaubey) Medium: Pen and Ink and Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1813
Extent:
1 Item

38. NHD1/35

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/35
Title:
Purple-Rumped Sunbird
Scope & Content:
Purple-Rumped Sunbird ‘Nectarina zeylonica’ Original inscriptions: ‘Trochilus aureus. Chobi’ Artist: Chobi (Chaubey) Medium: Pen and Ink and Watercolour Size: Note: But not precise colouration
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1813
Extent:
1 Item

39. NHD1/36

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/36
Title:
Purple-Rumped Sunbird
Scope & Content:
Purple-Rumped Sunbird ‘Nectarina zeylonica’ Original inscriptions: ‘Trochilus aureus. Nectarinia zeylonica, male and female’ Artist: Medium: Pen and Ink and Watercolour Size: Note: A pair, male at left and female at right
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1813
Extent:
1 Item

40. NHD1/37

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/37
Title:
Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater
Scope & Content:
Blue-Tailed Bee-Eater ‘Merops philippinus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Merops apiaster’[Ink] Further inscriptions: ‘M. Phillipinus Linn. 24.1.1852’ [Pencil] Artist: Medium: Watercolour with Pen and Ink Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1793-1813
Extent:
1 Item