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1341. NHD8/1290

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1290
Title:
Fishing Boat
Scope & Content:
Fishing Boat Original inscriptions: ‘Fishing boat off the coast of Fokien Province. Copied from Dr Cantor’s original.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Chinese Artist Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1842
Extent:
1 Item

1342. NHD8/1291

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1291
Title:
Red-legged Centipede
Scope & Content:
Red-legged Centipede Class Chilopoda, Order Scutigeromorpha Original inscriptions: ‘Scutigera rufipes, Cantor. Chusan’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Chinese Artist Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: With detail of head and leg
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1842
Extent:
1 Item

1343. NHD8/1292

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1292
Title:
Millipede
Scope & Content:
Millipede Class Diplopoda, Order Polydesmidae Original inscriptions: ‘Polydesmus bicolor, Cantor. Chusan’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pen and Ink Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1842
Extent:
1 Item

1344. NHD8/1293

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1293
Title:
Mountain Pit Viper, Blotched Pit Viper. Artist(s): Harish Chander Khan
Scope & Content:
Mountain Pit Viper, Blotched Pit Viper ‘Ovophis monticola’ Original inscriptions: ‘Trimerisurus monticola. Specimen in Indian Museum. No: Long 1’.9’’ circum 2’. Drawn by Hurrish Chunder Khan, Student. From nature - (post mortem). Govt. Sch. of Art. Calcutta.’ Further inscriptions: Artist:...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s-1860s
Extent:
1 Item

1345. NHD8/1294

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1294
Title:
Keelback Water Snake. Artist(s): Harish Chander Khan
Scope & Content:
Keelback Water Snake ‘Xenochrophis sp.’ (possibly the Yellow-spotted Keelback, ‘X. flavipunctatus’) Original inscriptions:’ A water snake native name ‘Dhowra’, from nature – Calcutta.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Harish Chander Khan (possibly) Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1850s-1860s
Extent:
1 Item

1346. NHD8/1296

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1296
Title:
Jerdon’s Baza
Scope & Content:
Jerdon’s Baza ‘Aviceda jerdoni’ Original inscriptions: ‘Baza jerdoni Blyth’ [Pencil] ‘Lophastur jerdoni, Blyth, adult, probably Singapore?’[Ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1841-1863
Extent:
1 Item

1347. NHD8/1296-1313

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1296-1313
Title:
NHD8/1296-1313 Eighteen watercolour drawings of birds from India, Burma, the East Indies and Australia, bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. ...
Scope & Content:
NHD8/1296-1313 Eighteen watercolour drawings of birds from India, Burma, the East Indies and Australia, bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. These drawings were probably made by Indian artists in Calcutta from specimens sent by Edward Blyth (1810-1873) to the Company's Museum while he...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
20 items

1348. NHD8/1297

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1297
Title:
Jerdon’s Baza
Scope & Content:
Jerdon’s Baza ‘Aviceda jerdoni’ Original inscriptions: ‘Baza jerdoni Blyth’ [Pencil] ‘Lophastur jerdoni, Blyth, young, probably Singapore?Allied to Falco lophater, Temm, being intermediate to it and Pernis’ [Ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1841-1863
Extent:
1 Item

1349. NHD8/1298

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1298
Title:
Dusky Eagle Owl
Scope & Content:
Dusky Eagle Owl ‘Bubo coromandus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Bubo coromanda Lath.’ [Pencil]. ‘Bubo umbratus, Blyth. Bad figure’ [Ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not a precise rendition of colour and plumage
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1841-1863
Extent:
1 Item

1350. NHD8/1299

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD8/1299
Title:
Oriental Pied Hornbill
Scope & Content:
Oriental Pied Hornbill ‘Anthracoceros albirostris’ Original inscriptions: ‘Albirostris, young’ [Pencil] ‘Buceros leucogaster, Blyth, Journal As. Soc. X 922, Tenasserim’ [Ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Juvenile
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1841-1863
Extent:
1 Item