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1. NHD26-31

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD26-31
Title:
NHD26-31 6 volumes of drawings of birds from the Wellesley Collection.
Scope & Content:
NHD26-31 6 volumes of drawings of birds from the Wellesley Collection. --------------------- NHD26 Volume I of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 18.5 by13 inches. 120 ff.in watercolour. Some of the drawings of parrots may be by Chinese painters. f.17, 'Female Sparrow Hawk ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
Unspecified

2. NHD26

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD26
Title:
NHD26 Volume I of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Albums
Scope & Content:
p>NHD26 Volume I of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 18.5 by13 inches. 120 ff.in watercolour. Some of the drawings of parrots may be by Chinese painters. f.17, 'Female Sparrow Hawk - Variety of my Calcutta sparrow hawk'; f.40, 'From New South Wales'; f.46, 'Malacca'; f.54, '...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
165 items

3. NHD34-35, NHD36

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD34-35, NHD36
Title:
NHD34-35; NHD36 2 volumes of drawings of insects and one of fishes from the Wellesley Collection. ...
Scope & Content:
NHD34-35; NHD36 2 volumes of drawings of insects and one of fishes from the Wellesley Collection.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
2 items

4. NHD30

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD30
Title:
NHD30 Volume V. 16.5 by 11.5 inches. 70 ff. in water-colour. 1796 watermark. ...
Scope & Content:
NHD30 Volume V. 16.5 by 11.5 inches. 70 ff. in water-colour. 1796 watermark.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
72 items

5. NHD31

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD31
Title:
NHD31 Volume VI. 14.75 by 11 inches. 59 ff. in water-colour. 1794 and 1801 watermarks. ...
Scope & Content:
NHD31 Volume VI. 14.75 by 11 inches. 59 ff. in water-colour. 1794 and 1801 watermarks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
59 items

6. NHD32-33

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32-33
Title:
NHD32-33 Two volumes of drawings of mammals from the Wellesley Collection. --------------------- NHD32 Volume I. 19 by 12 inches. 117 ff. in water- ...
Scope & Content:
NHD32-33 Two volumes of drawings of mammals from the Wellesley Collection. --------------------- NHD32 Volume I. 19 by 12 inches. 117 ff. in water-colour. Folio 75 is a copy of No.505 in the Buchanan Collection; f.7, an inscription perhaps by Wellesley: 'W. 1802'; f.13, 'A Tyger Cat from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
117 items

7. NHD28

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28
Title:
NHD28 Volume III of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 95 ff. in watercolour. Folios 93-5 are drawings of skins of bird ...
Scope & Content:
NHD28 Volume III of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 95 ff. in watercolour. Folios 93-5 are drawings of skins of birds from the 'E. Islands'. Cf. 'G & B' Collection, No.282 and f.95 which may well have been painted from the same specimen. Compare also f.8...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
110 items

8. NHD29

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29
Title:
NHD29 Volume IV of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 12 inches. 100ff. in watercolour. Folios 21 and 27 must have been given to W ...
Scope & Content:
NHD29 Volume IV of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 12 inches. 100ff. in watercolour. Folios 21 and 27 must have been given to Wellesley by Lord Valentia as they bear his Persian seal on the reverse. ‘The Right Honourable Lord bahadur Viscount valentia, 1217’ (i.e. 1802);...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
108 items

9. NHD27

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD27
Title:
NHD27 Volume II of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 114 ff. in watercolour. Folio 113 is similar to No.276 by Guruday ...
Scope & Content:
NHD27 Volume II of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 114 ff. in watercolour. Folio 113 is similar to No.276 by Gurudayal in the 'G & B' Collection; f.10, 'In possn of Mr. Cowper'; f.13, 'From Gorruckpore'; ff.17, 18, 19, 28, 36, 43, 'Malacca' (these drawings...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
198 items

10. NHD36

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD36
Title:
NHD36 18.5 by 12 inches. 72 ff. in water-colour depicting Indian fishes. 1794 watermark. A dorsal view and dissections are sometimes given in addit ...
Scope & Content:
NHD36 18.5 by 12 inches. 72 ff. in water-colour depicting Indian fishes. 1794 watermark. A dorsal view and dissections are sometimes given in addition to the lateral view. In addition to the Latin name, the vernacular name in Persian and Roman scripts is also given. These paintings are ver...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
101 items

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