Large Indian Civet ‘Viverra zibetha’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] dimensions and ‘dar Hindi mukhachumma’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Small Indian Civet ‘Viverricula indica’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] dimensions and ‘dar Hindi mukhachumma’, made by Sanghin Beg Further inscriptions: Artist: Mirza Sanghi Beg Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Small Indian Mongoose ‘Herpestes auropunctatus’ Original inscriptions: [in English] ‘Nuol – a kind of Lizard destroys Birds’ [in nastaliq] Nayul plus dimensions, made by Mirza Sanghi Beg, dated 5th August 1801 Further inscriptions: Artist: Mirza Sanghi Beg Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Small Indian Civet ‘Viverricula indica’ Original inscriptions: ‘Viverra Calcuttensis. The Bengal Ferret. ½ natural size’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Sloth Bear ‘Melursus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘This is I believe the animal that has been imposed upon naturalists as the Ursiforme’ [?] ‘sloth as it is called.’ ‘The fall of hair as described by Berwick’ [?] ‘and Kerr is purely artificial and the want of foreteeth is owing...