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121. NHD46/f.67

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.67
Title:
A species of Keelback (possibly)
Scope & Content:
A species of Keelback (possibly) ‘Amphiesma sp.’ Original inscriptions: ‘Ellea……..Bengally / Pultah 31st March 1820 / The length 1 foot 9 Inches / The Head 1 Inch’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

122. NHD46/f.68

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.68
Title:
Indian Python
Scope & Content:
Indian Python ‘Python molurus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and Pencil Size: Note: Largely unfinished sketches of the snake’s head and neck, on recto as well as verso
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

123. NHD46/f.69

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.69
Title:
Common Vine Snake
Scope & Content:
Common Vine Snake ‘Ahaetulla nasuta’ Original inscriptions: [detailed description of the precise colouration viz: ‘the tail more inclined to yellow but the white streak is lost’] ‘Mavilpooram 1 July 1816’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Unfinished drawing ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

124. NHD49/32

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD49/32
Title:
Detail of the head of a snake
Scope & Content:
Detail of the head of a snake Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil and watercolour Size: 546 by 382 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1818-c 1830
Extent:
1 Item

125. 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

126. NHD62/55(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/55(1)
Title:
Recto: An unfinished drawing of a tortoise, and pencil drawings of a frog, a toad and a monitor lizard.
Scope & Content:
Recto: An unfinished drawing of a tortoise, and pencil drawings of a frog, a toad and a monitor lizard. Original inscriptions: ‘kakura, beng, sunbeng, sungoha.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and pencil Size: 201 x 250 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

127. Or 4770, f.7

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.7
Title:
The ascetic Bhagiratha, walking along blowing a conch, being followed by a makara, walking along with a puddle of water around it, and on which is seated the goddess Ganga holding a lotus.
Scope & Content:
The ascetic Bhagiratha, walking along blowing a conch, being followed by a ‘makara’, walking along with a puddle of water around it, and on which is seated the goddess Ganga holding a lotus. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘bhagiratha. ganga.’ ‘7. Ganga, the Ganges, with her attributes, following ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

128. Or 4770, f.13

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.13
Title:
The planet Mangala, Mars, represented as a red man, crowned and haloed, holding a khadga and a lotus, and standing on the back of a snub-nosed crocodile. Mangala is depicted full face.
Scope & Content:
The planet Mangala, Mars, represented as a red man, crowned and haloed, holding a ‘khadga’ and a lotus, and standing on the back of a snub-nosed crocodile. Mangala is depicted full face. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘bahen nag. mangal.’ ‘13. Mungul, the planet Mars – mounted on Bahen Nag.’ No...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

129. P1874-1876

Reference (shelfmark):
P1874-1876
Title:
Lithographs of Reptiles. Copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul.
Scope & Content:
Lithographic copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul (1837-42). They were formally in the library of Dr Hugh Falconer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:

3 items

130. P1897-1900

Reference (shelfmark):
P1897-1900
Title:
Lithographs of Snakes. Copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul.
Scope & Content:
Lithographs of Snakes. Copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item