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Project / Collection Natural History Drawings Language Not applicable Material Type Prints, Drawings and Paintings

1. NHD/10

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD/10
Title:
NHD/10 113 drawings in an album, depicting plants. Collected by Marquis Wellesley. Volume 1 of the Wellesley Albums. 18.5 by 13 inches. 112ff.in wat ...
Scope & Content:
NHD/10 113 drawings in an album, depicting plants. Collected by Marquis Wellesley. Volume 1 of the Wellesley Albums. 18.5 by 13 inches. 112ff.in watercolour and f.99 an unfinished line drawing. 1794 watermark. Folio 41, a copy of a drawing belonging to Captain Hardwicke; f.48, 'N.Sp. from t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
113 items

2. NHD1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/1
Title:
Osprey
Scope & Content:
Osprey ‘Pandion haliaetus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Osprey, Spizaetus’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour with pen and ink Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

3. NHD1/1-31, NHD2/285, NHD2/300-302

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/1-31, NHD2/285, NHD2/300-302
Title:
NHD1/1-31; NHD2/285; NHD2/300-302 Marsden Collection 39 drawings from the collections formed by William Marsden (1754-1836) between 1784 and 1808 for ...
Scope & Content:
NHD1/1-31; NHD2/285; NHD2/300-302 Marsden Collection 39 drawings from the collections formed by William Marsden (1754-1836) between 1784 and 1808 for a third edition (London, 1811) of the ‘Historv of Sumatra’. (For Marsden, see Archer's Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library, pp....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
35 items

4. NHD1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/2
Title:
Slaty-breasted Rail
Scope & Content:
Slaty-breasted Rail ‘Galliralus striatus’ Original inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

5. NHD1/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/3
Title:
Darter
Scope & Content:
Darter ‘Anhinga’ ‘melanogaster’ Original inscriptions: ‘Cormorant, Plotus’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

6. NHD1/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/4
Title:
Malabar Pied Hornbill
Scope & Content:
Malabar Pied Hornbill ‘Anthracoceros coronatus’ Original inscriptions: ‘A sketch of the female kalas of Ceylon. Head of the young kalas. Kalao, Buceros pica. Scopoli - Buceros Monocera. Shaw’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Accompanied by a handwritten note in French giving a de...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

7. NHD1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/5
Title:
1. Great Pied Hornbill 2. Malabar Pied Hornbill 3. Rhinoceros Hornbill
Scope & Content:
1. Great Pied Hornbill 2. Malabar Pied Hornbill 3. Rhinoceros Hornbill 1. ‘Buceros bicornis’ 2. ‘Anthracoceros coronatus’ 3. ‘Buceros rhinoceros’ Original inscriptions: ‘R bicornis Linn; B.Pica.scop-monocera. Shaw;’ ‘B. Rhinoceros.Linn’ Artist: Medium: Pencil Size: Note: Four studies of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

8. NHD1/6

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/6
Title:
Water Buffalo
Scope & Content:
Water Buffalo ‘Bubalus arnee’ Original inscriptions: ‘Common Buffalo (Blyth); Drawn by Mr. Bell; Presented by Mrs. Marsden; Sumatra, Marsden’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

9. NHD1/7

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/7
Title:
Serow (possibly)
Scope & Content:
Serow (possibly) ‘Nemorhaedus sumatraensis (Capricornis sumatraensis)’ Original inscriptions: ‘Sumatranus, Sumatra, Marsden’ Artist: Medium: Pen and ink Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

10. NHD1/8

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/8
Title:
Greater Chevrotain (greater mouse deer)
Scope & Content:
Greater Chevrotain (greater mouse deer) ‘Tragulus napu’ Original inscriptions: ‘Stautegana; Very small animals not above a foot high……….be kept down in the Plate.’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: A pair are shown
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item