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771. NHD5/753

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/753
Title:
Chinese Francolin
Scope & Content:
Chinese Francolin ‘Francolinus pintadeanus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Francolinus Phayri, Bl. Bill and legs too thick.’ [Pencil] ‘Prome 1826.’ [Ink] ‘Khā Ko?’ [or] ‘Hka Kaung’ [Burmese script] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: with details of feathers
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

772. NHD5/753-764

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/753-764
Title:
Wallich Collection --------------------- NHD5/753-764; NHD2/304 Thirteen watercolour drawings of birds, mammals and an insect from India, Nepal and B ...
Scope & Content:
Wallich Collection --------------------- NHD5/753-764; NHD2/304 Thirteen watercolour drawings of birds, mammals and an insect from India, Nepal and Burma; bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches, collected by Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854). See Archer's Natural History Drawings in the Indi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
19 items

773. NHD5/754

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/754
Title:
Plain Pouched Hornbill
Scope & Content:
Plain Pouched Hornbill ‘Aceros subruficollis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Subruficollis, Blyth’ [Pencil] ‘Buceros plicatus. Latham ?. An var? v. spec. nova? Amhurst.’ [Ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: With head separately detailed, also a feather detail.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

774. NHD5/755

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/755
Title:
Gayal
Scope & Content:
Gayal ‘Bos frontalis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Dr Wallich Rec 17 Oct 1828.’ [with some dimensions of the animal and further indistinct inscriptions] ‘artist Vishnupersaud’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Vishnu Prasad Medium: Watercolour Size:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

775. NHD5/756

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/756
Title:
Gayal. Artist(s): Berg Wolff
Scope & Content:
Gayal ‘Bos frontalis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Drawn by Mr. Berg Wolff from the same Gayal which Vishnpersaud drew. Rec 17 Oct 1828’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Berg Wolff Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

776. NHD5/757

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/757
Title:
Wallich’s or Shou Deer
Scope & Content:
Wallich’s or Shou Deer ‘Cervus elaphus wallichi’ Original inscriptions: ‘Cervus wallichianus, Cuv. Received 17th Oct. 1828’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: pencil and watercolour Size: Note: Similar to 758
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

777. NHD5/758

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/758
Title:
Wallich’s or Shou Deer
Scope & Content:
Wallich’s or Shou Deer ‘Cervus elaphus wallichi’ Original inscriptions: ‘C. affinis Hodgs. Cervus wallichianus, Cuv. Dr. Wallich’s Collection’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: pencil and watercolour Size: Note: Similar to 757
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

778. NHD5/759

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/759
Title:
Goral
Scope & Content:
Goral ‘Nemorhaedus goral’ Original inscriptions: ‘Antelope Goral Hardw. Drawn from a specimen in the possession of the honbl. E. Gardner. Nepal 1821. Description to copy of the drawing down to Maj Gen. Hardwick’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Note: With pencil detail...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item

779. NHD5/760

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/760
Title:
Asiatic Elephant. Artist(s): Bishnu Prasad (fl.1804-1827)
Scope & Content:
Asiatic Elephant ‘Elephas maximus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Drawn by Vishnupersaud at the palace of Ava in Novemb. 1826. It is a very faithful representation. Total length 12/2 Height 9/4 Forelegs 4/7 Hindlegs 4/1 Height to belly 4/2 Tusks from lip 4/8’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Vishnu ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1826
Extent:
1 Item

780. NHD5/762

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD5/762
Title:
Bamboo Rat (either Hoary or Chinese)
Scope & Content:
Bamboo Rat (either Hoary or Chinese) ‘Rhizomys pruinosus,’ or’ rhizomys sinensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Rhizomys siamensis, Bl. Found among the ravines at Yenangenn on the Irawaddy Dec 1826’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1827
Extent:
1 Item