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4471. NHD50/2(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(23)
Title:
Spangled Cotinga
Scope & Content:
Spangled Cotinga ‘Cotinga cayana’ Original inscriptions: ‘Purple-throated Chatterer. from Cayenne. The size of the Bird’ [erased] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 478 by 340 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4472. NHD50/2(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(24)
Title:
Sharp-Tailed Grouse
Scope & Content:
Sharp-Tailed Grouse ‘Tympanuchus phasianellus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Long-tailed Grous. from Hudson’s Bay. Length of the Bird 15 ½ inches.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4473. NHD50/2(25)(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(25)(b)
Title:
Barramundi
Scope & Content:
Barramundi Order Perciformes, Family Centropomidae, ‘Lates calcarifer’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘mahi bhekti dar darya shor payda mishavad’, ‘bhekti fish from the river’ ?’Shor’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 545 by 376 mm (entire drawing) Note: Par...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4474. NHD50/2(25)(t)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(25)(t)
Title:
Paradise Threadfin
Scope & Content:
Paradise Threadfin Order Perciformes, Family Polynemidae, ‘Polynemus paradiseus’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘mahi patisi az darya-e shor’, ‘patisi fish from the river’ ?’Shor’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 545 by 376 mm (entire drawing) Note: Part of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4475. NHD50/2(26)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(26)
Title:
A breed of long-haired Himalayan Goat, Kashmiri Goat
Scope & Content:
A breed of long-haired Himalayan Goat, Kashmiri Goat Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘in Kosind dar Kashmir payda mishavad’, this ‘Kosind’ originating from Kashmir Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 340 by 500 mm Note: The breed depicted could be either Gaddi, C...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4476. NHD50/2(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(27)
Title:
Striped Hyena
Scope & Content:
Striped Hyena ‘Hyaena hyaena’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘lakr baghah-az kuhistan chinar kadah’, ‘‘lakr baghah’’ ‘from mountain’ (?region) ‘of Chinar’ (?region) Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 380 by 545 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4477. NHD50/2(28)(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(28)(b)
Title:
Gayal
Scope & Content:
Gayal ‘Bos frontalis’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘madah kaw chatgami ke arro giyal namand’, female cow from Chatgam named gayal. Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 382 by 542 mm (entire drawing) Note: Domesticated form of the wild gaur, but smaller and wit...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4478. NHD50/2(28)(t)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(28)(t)
Title:
Gayal
Scope & Content:
Gayal ‘Bos frontalis’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘nar kaw chatgami ke arro giyal koyand’, ‘male cow from Chatgam called gayal.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 382 by 542 mm (entire drawing) Note: Domesticated form of the wild gaur, but smaller and with...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4479. NHD50/2(29)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(29)
Title:
Javan Rhinoceros, Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros
Scope & Content:
Javan Rhinoceros, Lesser One-horned Rhinoceros ‘Rhinoceros sondaicus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 428 by 555 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

4480. NHD50/2(30)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(30)
Title:
A group of dead birds and small mammals strung up on a bamboo pole
Scope & Content:
Still life: a group of dead birds and small mammals strung up on a bamboo pole Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 430 by 550 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item