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1. Add Or 3351

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3351
Title:
The musk-rat raja holding court among his subjects, with a tame cat being taunted
Scope & Content:
The musk-rat raja holding court. A musk-rat sits on a throne, holding a hookah, a pennant above him. Below him, another musk-rat, also holding a pennant, rides on a tame cat. Two other musk-rats appear to taunt the cat. Note: Illustration of a proverb perhaps on the lines of ‘the tables turn...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

2. Johnson 53,5

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 53,5
Title:
A wild cat
Scope & Content:
A wild cat. Mughal, c.1630-40. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Drawing with gouache; on an album page with gilt-sprinkled borders of tinted paper. 135 by 77 mm; page 328 by 225 mm. Reproduced: Smith (1911), pl.CXXVI. The animal is seated before a small tree with one paw raised...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1630-1640
Extent:
1 Item

3. Johnson 54,3

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,3
Title:
The archer and the cat, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The archer and the cat, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

4. Johnson 11,12

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 11,12
Title:
A girl chasing a cat
Scope & Content:
A girl chasing a cat. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Deccan, c.1680. Tinted drawing with gold; on an album leaf with coloured borders decorated with floral designs in colours and gold. 156 by 104 mm; page 317 by 215 mm. Reverse: a floral trellis design. A girl chases a white ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1680
Extent:
1 Item

5. Johnson 54,31

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,31
Title:
The archer and the cat, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The archer and the cat. 124 by 93 mm; page 321 by 205 mm. An archer shooting a cat. From the story of the old lady and her cat, cf J.54, 3 (Eastwick (1854), introduction, story III, 55; I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.27r-27v). Note: This picture is smaller than others in the set and is similar to th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

6. Johnson 54,46

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,46
Title:
The rat and the cat, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The rat and the cat. Panel of nine lines of text; slightly overpainted and rebacked. 222 by 120 mm; page 300 by 188 mm. A cat is seen in a landscape with a small temple by a pond with two ducks swimming in the foreground. From the story of the rat who makes friends with a cat (Eastwick (1854...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

7. NHD1/13

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/13
Title:
Sumatran Leopard Cat
Scope & Content:
Sumatran Leopard Cat ‘Felis bengalensis sumatranus’ Original inscriptions: ‘F. Sumatranus; Sumatra, Marsden’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

8. NHD1/14

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/14
Title:
Common Palm Civet (musang or toddy cat)
Scope & Content:
Common Palm Civet (musang or toddy cat) ‘Paradoxurus hermaphroditus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Lavatus?’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour with pen and ink Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

9. NHD1/19

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/19
Title:
1.Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel (possibly) 2. Common Palm Civet (musang or toddy cat)
Scope & Content:
1. Orange-bellied Himalayan Squirrel (possibly) 2. Common Palm Civet (musang or toddy cat) 1.’ Dremomys lokriah’ 2. ‘Paradoxurus hermaphroditus’ Original inscriptions: ‘The masang (fruit). L. Moosang (animal). Sumatra, Marsden’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The squirrel and cive...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

10. NHD1/125

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/125
Title:
Leopard Cat. Artist(s): Daniell, William (1769-1837)
Scope & Content:
Leopard Cat ‘Felis bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Java Dr Horsfield’ Further inscriptions: Artist: William Daniell Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: See Horsfield’s "Zoological Researches in Java and the Neighbouring Islands" (London 1824), plate no 20
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1811-1824
Extent:
1 Item