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541. NHD3/532

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD3/532
Title:
Indian Roofed Turtle
Scope & Content:
Indian Roofed Turtle ‘Pangshura tectum ‘ Original inscriptions: ‘Emys tectum / 24 Aug 1808’ [Pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 322 by 167 mm Note: Three views, from above, below and from the side.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804-1805
Extent:
1 Item

542. NHD3/533

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD3/533
Title:
River Terrapin
Scope & Content:
River Terrapin ‘Batagur baska’ Original inscriptions: ‘Testudo Baska / Buchanan’ [Ink] ‘Done since my return / Testudo Baska’ [on reverse in Ink] ‘B Recd June 1819’ [on reverse in Pencil] ‘June 1819’ [on reverse in red ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 341 by 23...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804-1805
Extent:
1 Item

543. NHD3/534

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD3/534
Title:
Indian Roofed Turtle
Scope & Content:
Indian Roofed Turtle ‘Pangshura tectum’ Original inscriptions: ‘Testudo Dura / Buchanan’ [Ink] ‘3-1-1 / ?Emys tectum / June 1819’ [Pencil] ‘Done since my return to Bengal / Testudo Dura / Kata / Therha’ [on reverse in Ink] ‘B Recd June 1819’ [on reverse in Pencil] Further inscriptions: Art...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804-1805
Extent:
1 Item

544. NHD3/535

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD3/535
Title:
Painted Roofed Turtle
Scope & Content:
Painted Roofed Turtle ‘Kachuga kachuga’ Original inscriptions: ‘Testudo Kachuga / Buchanan’ [Ink] ‘1 June 1819’ [Pencil] ‘Saye Kach’ [on reverse in Ink] ‘Testudo / 3-1-1 / B Recd June1819’ [on reverse in Pencil]’ June 1819’ [on reverse in red ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Wate...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804-1805
Extent:
1 Item

545. NHD3/536

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD3/536
Title:
Crowned River Turtle
Scope & Content:
Crowned River Turtle ‘Hardella thurjii’ Original inscriptions: ‘Testudo Thuji / Buchanan’ [Ink] ‘Testudo -------’ [Illegible] ‘/ 3-1-1 /12/ B Recd June1819’ [on reverse in Pencil]’ June 1819’ [on reverse in red ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 437 by 250 mm No...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1804-1805
Extent:
1 Item

546. NHD4/537

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/537
Title:
White-Bellied Sea Eagle
Scope & Content:
White-Bellied Sea Eagle ‘Haliaeetus leucogaster’ Original inscriptions: ‘Halietus leucogaster Gmel. / Falco dimidiatus Raffles.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

547. NHD4/537-665

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/537-665
Title:
Raffles Collection --------------------- NHD4/537-665 One hundred and twenty-nine drawings in watercolour of birds from Sumatra bound in a volume me ...
Scope & Content:
Raffles Collection --------------------- NHD4/537-665 One hundred and twenty-nine drawings in watercolour of birds from Sumatra bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. These drawings were made in Sumatra in 1820 and collected by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) while Raffles was...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1820
Extent:
129 items

548. NHD4/538

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/538
Title:
Crested Serpent Eagle
Scope & Content:
Crested Serpent Eagle ‘Spilornis cheela’ Original inscriptions: ‘Hamaloims cacha’ [? Indistinct pencil] ‘Daud.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

549. NHD4/539

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/539
Title:
Brahminy Kite
Scope & Content:
Brahminy Kite ‘Haliastur indus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Falco Pondicerianus’ [Ink] ‘56. Haliastur indus No 4’ [Pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Unfinished, the eye is not completed. Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

550. NHD4/540

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/540
Title:
Peregrine Falcon
Scope & Content:
Peregrine Falcon ‘Falco peregrinus calidus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Falco communis var. No 5’ [Ink] ‘Falco peregrinus Gmel. / Rajawali or Sikup Lang’ [Pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item