Search

Project / Collection Natural History Drawings Language Not applicable

3541. NHD28/82(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/82(2)
Title:
Black-Rumped Flameback
Scope & Content:
Black-Rumped Flameback ‘Dinopium benghalense benghalense’ Original inscriptions: ‘Bengal Woodpecker. 10 inches long 2 Claws before 1 behind.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing in which two species of birds are depicted, the Black-Rumped Flameb...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3542. NHD28/83

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/83
Title:
Yellow-Crowned Woodpecker
Scope & Content:
Yellow-Crowned Woodpecker ‘Dendrocopos mahrattensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘If not ye fem. of Mahratta W. See Sup. ij. 142’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Female
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3543. NHD28/84

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/84
Title:
A species of Pigeon
Scope & Content:
A species of Pigeon Original inscriptions: ‘Confer B. 2. 57. Columba aromatico. I. O. ij. 599. Aromatic pigeon. Syn. iv. 631. Malacca.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not yet identified. Perched on a finely detailed Oleander branch, in bloom.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3544. NHD28/85

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/85
Title:
Straw-Headed Bulbul (possibly)
Scope & Content:
Straw-Headed Bulbul ‘Pycnonotus zeylanicus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Yellow-crowned Thrush. See b. 2. No. 40. Syn. iij. P. 74. Malacca.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The bird is perched on a branch of a finely-detailed flowering plant.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3545. NHD28/86

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/86
Title:
A species of Thrush (possibly)
Scope & Content:
A species of Thrush (possibly) Original inscriptions: ‘See B. ij. 51 – Turdus capensis. I. O. i. 353. Branet Thrush. Syn. 3. 70?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: As yet unidentified. It is perched on a finely detailed rose branch
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3546. NHD28/87

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/87
Title:
Chestnut-Capped Babbler
Scope & Content:
Chestnut-Capped Babbler ‘Timalia pileata’ Original inscriptions: ‘Malacca’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Perched on a finely-detailed flowering twig
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3547. NHD28/88

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/88
Title:
Indian Pitta
Scope & Content:
Indian Pitta ‘Pitta brachyura’ Original inscriptions: ‘Corvus brachyurus var. Malacca.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Perched on a finely-detailed flowering twig
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3548. NHD28/89

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/89
Title:
Hooded Pitta
Scope & Content:
Hooded Pitta ‘Pitta sordida’ Original inscriptions: ‘If not a var. of Rufous-naped Thrush, Syn. iij. 85? Or New Species. Nat. size at Goulparah. Corvus brachyurus B. I. O. i. 166. Short-tailed Crow. Syn. 1. 398A’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3549. NHD28/90

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/90
Title:
Eurasian Hoopoe
Scope & Content:
Eurasian Hoopoe ‘Upupa epops’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Two depictions of the bird, one with wings widespread as it hovers, one with it at rest.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

3550. NHD28/91

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/91
Title:
Bird (possibly a Sibia)
Scope & Content:
Bird (possibly a Sibia) Original inscriptions: ‘Doomchurkey. See B. 1. 97’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: May perhaps be a Long-Tailed Sibia (‘Heterophasia picaoides’) in juvenile plumage.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item