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Project / Collection Natural History Drawings Language Not applicable Subject cheetahs

1. NHD7/1036

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1036
Title:
Cheetah
Scope & Content:
Asian Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus venaticus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Chitta Tyger. A Chitta or Leopard speckled with small spots.’ ‘This Animal catches the Deer, the young kind of this animal will serve very soon to Chace but old one will take up to two years to practise for hunting. The male a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

2. NHD32/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/3
Title:
Cheetah from Seringapatam (Srirangapattana)
Scope & Content:
Cheetah from Seringapatam (Srirangapattana) Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘Drawn from life from a Cheeta that was found in the Palace of Tippoo Sultan at Seringapatam. 1799.’ [inscribed in nastaliq on front] ‘be-farsi-yuz-guyand, be-hindi-cheeta’ [in Farsi this is a little panther, in H...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3. NHD32/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/4
Title:
Cheetah
Scope & Content:
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘dar Farsi yuz-guyand, dar Hindi cheetah’, plus dimensions Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah has a harness.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

4. NHD32/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/5
Title:
Cheetah
Scope & Content:
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah is shown collared with a red hood over its eyes and draped in a red cape.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

5. NHD32/6

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/6
Title:
Cheetah
Scope & Content:
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah is shown sporting its harness in a landscape with bullock cart and caparisoned elephants in the distance, and with its cape and hood and water scoop nearby.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

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