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4501. NHD60/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD60/2
Title:
A plant of the Dioscorea group (yam).
Scope & Content:
A plant of the Dioscorea group (yam). Inscribed on back: ‘JNR 24. Yam (Dioscorea sp.)’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1790-1800
Extent:
1 Item

4502. NHD61

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD61
Title:
GRANT, ELIZABETH NICHOLSON AGNES (fl. 1834-54) She married John Grant of the Bengal Medical Service in Calcutta on 4 April 1825. John Grant, Assistan ...
Scope & Content:
GRANT, ELIZABETH NICHOLSON AGNES (fl. 1834-54) She married John Grant of the Bengal Medical Service in Calcutta on 4 April 1825. John Grant, Assistant Surgeon 7 Oct 1816; Surgeon 17 Aug 1827; SS 17 July 1852; retired 11 Sept 1857. With J.T. Pearson he started and edited the ‘Indian Journal of M...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1833-1854
Extent:
3 items

4503. NHD61/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD61/1
Title:
Woodsorrel, Oxalis (plant). Artist(s): Grant, Elizabeth Nicholson Agnes (fl. 1834-54)
Scope & Content:
Woodsorrel, Oxalis (plant) Family Oxalidaceae, ‘Oxalis sp.’ Original inscriptions: ‘Soosnee saug’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 290mm by 225mm Note: The drawing appears to be a copy of the illustration in Icones Fil. t. 160 (1831). The species is found in Sout...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1834-1854
Extent:
1 Item

4504. NHD61/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD61/2
Title:
Woodsorrel, Oxalis (seeds). Artist(s): Grant, Elizabeth Nicholson Agnes (fl. 1834-54)
Scope & Content:
Woodsorrel, Oxalis (seeds) Family Oxalidaceae, ‘Oxalis sp.’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 290mm by 225mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1834-1854
Extent:
1 Item

4505. NHD61/3

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD61/3
Title:
Common Asian Leopard Gecko. Artist(s): Grant, Elizabeth Nicholson Agnes (fl. 1834-54)
Scope & Content:
Common Asian Leopard Gecko ‘Eublepharis macularius’ Original inscriptions: ‘Suspended in spirits. A curiously spotted lizard dug out of a hillock close to Col. Salter's tent near Mooltan Oct. 1848. Copied from the drawing of Brigadier Salter C.B. The natives (reports Brigadier Slater) say t...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1834-1854
Extent:
1 Item

4506. NHD62

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62
Title:
HODGSON COLLECTION --------------------- NHD62 Drawings of the fauna of Nepal and the Himalaya, from the collections of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800- ...
Scope & Content:
HODGSON COLLECTION --------------------- NHD62 Drawings of the fauna of Nepal and the Himalaya, from the collections of Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94). Hodgson served with the East India Company in Bengal, 1818-44, spending almost the whole of his service in Nepal. He went back to India in ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
141 items

4507. NHD62/1(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/1(1)
Title:
Recto: A breed of Himalayan fat-tailed sheep
Scope & Content:
Recto: A breed of Himalayan fat-tailed sheep Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 196 x 236 mm Note: A fat-tailed, black-faced, long-eared ram.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

4508. NHD62/1(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/1(2)
Title:
Verso: A breed of sheep
Scope & Content:
Verso: A breed of sheep Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil and watercolour Size: 196 x 236 mm Note: A curly-horned short-haired ram and ewe.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

4509. NHD62/2(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/2(1)
Title:
Recto: Four sheep, including three rams, a ewe and a lamb, and a goat
Scope & Content:
Recto: Four sheep, including three rams, a ewe and a lamb, and a goat Original inscriptions: ‘jangli bhera gvara bhotiya, varuval, kagya bheda nepaliya’. Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil and watercolour Size: 200 x 251 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

4510. NHD62/2(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/2(2)
Title:
Verso: Three long-haired goats, possibly Changthangi, and a markhor
Scope & Content:
Verso: Three long-haired goats, possibly Changthangi, and a markhor Original inscriptions: ‘bakra, bakri Nepal ka.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil Size: 200 x 251 mm Note: Sketches
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item