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311. NHD2/304

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/304
Title:
Common Goral. Artist(s): Bishnu Prasad (fl.1804-1827)
Scope & Content:
Common Goral ‘Nemorhaedus goral’ Original inscriptions: [By Wallich] ‘Goral. Received both Goral 27 February 1828. The one I got a short time ago from Gardner is much larger than that here represented and which I saw in Nipal in 1821. It measures/ Length (total from nose tip to end of tail) 3-...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

312. NHD2/305

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/305
Title:
European Goldfinch
Scope & Content:
European Goldfinch ‘Carduelis carduelis’ Original inscriptions:’ Carduelis caniceps Vigors. From Mr. Johnsons Collection of Mss. etc’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 272 by 218 mm. Note: If we can infer that the inscription refers to the collection of Richard Joh...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790
Extent:
1 Item

313. NHD2/306

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/306
Title:
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Scope & Content:
Lesser Whistling-Duck ‘Dendrocygna javanica’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with varnish Size: 272 by 349 mm. Note: This drawing of a duck bears no inscriptions and cannot be accurately ascribed to any collection.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1800
Extent:
1 Item

314. NHD2/306, 308 & 310

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/306, 308 & 310
Title:
NHD2/306, 308 & 310 Three drawings of c.1800-20 bear no inscriptions and cannot be accurately associated with any natural history collection. No.306 o ...
Scope & Content:
NHD2/306, 308 & 310 Three drawings of c.1800-20 bear no inscriptions and cannot be accurately associated with any natural history collection. No.306 on stylistic grounds may be part of the Gibbons and Buchanan Collection.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1821
Extent:
3 items

315. NHD2/307

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/307
Title:
Jungle Cat. Artist(s): Ward, Samuel Nevill (b.1813, fl. 1831-1863)
Scope & Content:
Jungle Cat ‘Felis chaus’ Original inscriptions: ‘From dead cat’ [plus many details on colouring, tail-length, etc.] Further inscriptions: ‘S.N. Ward. Canara.’ Artist: Samuel Nevill Ward Medium: Pencil and Watercolour Size: 212 by 165 mm. Note: Samuel Nevill Ward (b.1813, fl. 1831-63) was ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1837-1847
Extent:
1 Item

316. NHD2/308

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/308
Title:
Zebu Cattle (Brahman breed)
Scope & Content:
Zebu Cattle (Brahman breed) ‘Bos Indicus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Small Bengal Cattle’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 206 by 315 mm. Note: Bull on left and cow on right. This drawing of bovines bears no inscriptions and cannot be accurately ascribed to any collect...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1810
Extent:
1 Item

317. NHD2/309

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/309
Title:
Hearsey Collection A species of Snow Trout (possibly). Artist(s): Hearsey, Sir John Bennet (1793-1865)
Scope & Content:
A species of Snow Trout (possibly) Family Cyprinidae, Genus ‘Schizothorax’ or ‘Schizopyge’ Original inscriptions: ‘Natural size. Found beyond the rivers above Gurdope, Tartary. Found in hundreds. Will take any insect in the form of a fly. Genl. Sir J. Hearsey.’ Further inscriptions: Artist:...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

318. NHD2/310

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD2/310
Title:
Monocellate Cobra, Monocled Cobra
Scope & Content:
Monocellate Cobra, Monocled Cobra ‘Naja kaouthia’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and bodycolour, heightened with varnish Size: 310 by 460 mm. Note: This drawing of a reptile bears no inscriptions and cannot be accurately ascribed to any collection.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

319. NHD3/311

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD3/311
Title:
Intermediate Egret (possibly)
Scope & Content:
Intermediate Egret (possibly) ‘Mesophoyx intermedia’ Further inscriptions: ‘Garzetta egrittorius / intermedia apud Blyth / Ardea Surkia female / Recd June 1819’ [Pencil] ‘Drawing made after my return to Bengal / A / Ardea Surkia, female’ [on reverse, Ink] ‘B Recd June 1819’ [on reverse, Penci...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804-1807
Extent:
1 Item

320. NHD3/311-536

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD3/311-536
Title:
NHD3/311-536 Two hundred and twenty-six drawings in watercolour and pencil depicting 169 birds (151 separate drawings and 18 duplicates), 38 mammals a ...
Scope & Content:
NHD3/311-536 Two hundred and twenty-six drawings in watercolour and pencil depicting 169 birds (151 separate drawings and 18 duplicates), 38 mammals and 19 reptilia from India and the East Indies; bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. (No.158 in Kaye's ‘Catalogue of Eur. MSS.’). The bul...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804-1807
Extent:
226 items