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4201. NHD44/1-15

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/1-15
Title:
NHD44/1-15 Clive Collection Fifteen watercolour drawings of 3 mammals, 2 birds, 9 fishes and 1 reptile, from the East Indies, measuring approx. 14.25 ...
Scope & Content:
NHD44/1-15 Clive Collection Fifteen watercolour drawings of 3 mammals, 2 birds, 9 fishes and 1 reptile, from the East Indies, measuring approx. 14.25 by 21 inches. These drawings were almost certainly collected by Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (1754-1839) when he was Governor of Madras from...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
15 items

4202. NHD44/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/2
Title:
Chital, Axis Deer, Spotted Deer
Scope & Content:
Chital, Axis Deer, Spotted Deer ‘Cervus axis’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: A doe
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4203. NHD44/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/3
Title:
Zebu Cow
Scope & Content:
Zebu Cow ‘Bos indicus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4204. NHD44/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/4
Title:
Long-Tailed Parakeet
Scope & Content:
Long-Tailed Parakeet ‘Psittacula longicauda nicobarica’ Original inscriptions: ‘Paret’ [in ink on the reverse] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The Parakeet is perched on a Coral Tree, ‘Erythrina variegata’ or ‘Erythrina indica’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4205. NHD44/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/5
Title:
White-Throated Kingfisher
Scope & Content:
White-Throated Kingfisher ‘Halcyon smyrnensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Fishing Burd’ [in ink on reverse] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The White-throated Kingfisher is perched on a finely detailed branch
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4206. NHD44/6

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/6
Title:
A species of Snapper
Scope & Content:
A species of Snapper Order Perciformes, Family Lutjanidae, Genus ‘Lutjanus’ Original inscriptions: ‘This Malacaw fish. Name E-can-maraw’ [on the reverse in ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly a Malabar Blood Snapper, ‘Lutjanus malabaricus’, or a R...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4207. NHD44/7

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/7
Title:
Dorab Wolf-Herring
Scope & Content:
Dorab Wolf-Herring Order Clupeiformes, Family Chirocentridae, ‘Chirocentrus dorab’ Original inscriptions: in indistinct ink on reverse Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4208. NHD44/8

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/8
Title:
A species of Gizzard Shad
Scope & Content:
A species of Gizzard Shad Order Clupeiformes, Family Clupeidae, Genus ‘Anodontostoma’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly Chacunda Gizzard Shad, ‘Anodontostoma chacunda’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4209. NHD44/10

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/10
Title:
A species of Drumfish
Scope & Content:
A species of Drumfish Order Perciformes, Family Sciaenidae, possibly ‘Otolithes ruber’ (Tigertooth Croaker) Original inscriptions: ‘Rice Fish’ [in ink on the reverse] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

4210. NHD44/11

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/11
Title:
Proteracanthus
Scope & Content:
Proteracanthus Order Perciformes, Family Ephippidae, ‘Proteracanthus sarissophorus’ Original inscriptions: ‘This Malacaw fish. Name of E-can-mudoo. Upon his head 3 Horns’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item