Binturong ‘Arctictis binturong’ Original inscriptions: ‘Young Binturong. Atran in Martaban’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: With detail of head and paws
Fly Family Muscidae, ‘Musca sp.’ Original inscriptions: ‘musca magnifica’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The same fly of 764A in magnified size
Sikkim Vole ‘Microtus sikimensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Neodon Sikimensis. The Darjiling Vole.’ [in ink below the painting of a pair of voles] ‘I Molars of upper jaw II of lower jaw III Stomach IV Hand and foot V Skull VI Cocum’ [in ink below pen and ink diagrams of parts] ‘B. H. Hodgson: un...
NHD5/765-769 Five drawings in watercolour, pencil and oil on thin canvas depicting Indian mammals: bound in a volume measuring 21 inches by 14 inches. ...
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NHD5/765-769 Five drawings in watercolour, pencil and oil on thin canvas depicting Indian mammals: bound in a volume measuring 21 inches by 14 inches. The collection was made by Brian Houghton Hodgson (1800-94) in Nepal and Darjeeling some time between 1820 and 1858. (For Hodgson, see Archer's...