Pied Avocet ‘Recurvirostra avosetta’ Original inscriptions: ‘Recurvirostra avocetta I. O. 2. Avosetta_______ Syn v. 293’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Purple Heron ‘Ardea purpurea’ Original inscriptions: ‘Ardea purpurea. I. O. ij. 697. Crested Purple Heron. Syn v. 95’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
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 ...
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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...
Greater Flamingo ‘Phoenicopterus ruber’ Original inscriptions: ‘The name of this Bird in Bengalese is Khone-Gile. Its dimensions are from the point of the Bill to the Eye, 4 inches, breadth of the Bill, 3 inches, From the Eye to the back, 1 foot 2 inches, from the back to the thigh, 9 inches, ...
Great White Pelican (possibly) ‘Pelecanus onocrotalus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Drawn from life in the possession of Mr. Cowper, who told me he has known this Bird for twenty years, when he knew it first it was of the common colour of the Pelicans of the Ganges.’ Further inscriptions: Artist:...
Grey Peacock Pheasant ‘Polyplectron bicalcaratum’ Original inscriptions: ‘Pavo bicalcaratus. I. O. Iris Peacock. Syn. iv. 673. Same as No. 12.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: