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31. Add Or 5672

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Add Or 5672
Title:
Two spiders on a web on which a dragonfly and a butterfly are caught
Scope & Content:
A dragonfly and a butterfly caught in two spiders webs, with two black spiders nearby. The iridescents on the dragonfly's wings is still visable. Add.Or.5666-5677 12 paintings of insects and spiders from the studio of ‘Sunqua’, Canton. Signed on inside cover, ‘Presented to I.?. Robinson by hi...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 Item

32. Add Or 5673

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Add Or 5673
Title:
Large spider and two beetles
Scope & Content:
A large black, white, grey and brown spider shown alongside two beatles, one red in colour and the other brown. Both the beatles are smaller than the spider. Add.Or.5666-5677 12 paintings of insects and spiders from the studio of ‘Sunqua’, Canton. Signed on inside cover, ‘Presented to I.?. Rob...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 Item

33. Add Or 5674

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Add Or 5674
Title:
Butterflies and crickets
Scope & Content:
Two crickets are shown, one brown and one red. There are also four butterflies depicted, showing a variety of colour and species. The butterflies are shown in flight. Add.Or.5666-5677 12 paintings of insects and spiders from the studio of ‘Sunqua’, Canton. Signed on inside cover, ‘Presented to...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 Item

34. Add Or 5675

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Add Or 5675
Title:
Butterflies, beetles and a dragonfly
Scope & Content:
Four butterflies shown flying, alongside a green dragonfly. Two brown beatles can also be seen. Add.Or.5666-5677 12 paintings of insects and spiders from the studio of ‘Sunqua’, Canton. Signed on inside cover, ‘Presented to I.?. Robinson by his friend Major Barnwell, 9th Rgt, Hazaribagh 25 Aug...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 Item

35. Add Or 5676

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5676
Title:
Two dragonflies and four butterflies
Scope & Content:
A green and a red dragonfly, with iridescent wings are shown with four different varities of butterflies. Add.Or.5666-5677 12 paintings of insects and spiders from the studio of ‘Sunqua’, Canton. Signed on inside cover, ‘Presented to I.?. Robinson by his friend Major Barnwell, 9th Rgt, Hazarib...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 Item

36. Add Or 5677

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5677
Title:
Large spider attacking a green cricket
Scope & Content:
Brown, black and white spider attacking a green cricket, iridescence can still be seen on the wings of the cricket. Add.Or.5666-5677 12 paintings of insects and spiders from the studio of ‘Sunqua’, Canton. Signed on inside cover, ‘Presented to I.?. Robinson by his friend Major Barnwell, 9th Rg...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839
Extent:
1 Item

37. Johnson 67,1

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 67,1
Title:
Locust in landscape
Scope & Content:
A locust in a landscape. Mughal, c.1600. Richard Johnson Collection. Purchased 1807. Gouache; mounted above a study of a butterfly, on an album page; gold and gilt-sprinkled borders. 115 by 88 mm; page 415 by 287 mm. Seal of E.I.C. Library. Reproduced: Welch (1976), no.12; Losty and Leach...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
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Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

38. Johnson 54,11

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Johnson 54,11
Title:
The turtle and the scorpion , from the 'Iyar-i Danish. Artist(s): Sital Das (fl. 1780-1782), attributed to
Scope & Content:
The turtle and the scorpion. Attributed to Sital Das. Numbered 13 in Persian. 168 by 102 mm; page 322 by 208 mm. A scorpion sits on the back of a turtle which is swimming across a stream. From the story of the turtle which carried its friend, the scorpion, across a stream, yet the scorpion ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
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Not applicable
Date Range:
1780-1782
Extent:
1 Item

39. Mss Eur E82

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Mss Eur E82
Title:
76 drawings in an album, depicting mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms and fish of Ceylon. This is the third of three volumes written and drawn by Eudelin de Jonville entitled: 'Quelques Notions sur L'Isle de Ceylon'. A
Scope & Content:
Seventy-six folios in pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour, bound in a volume measuring 15 by 10.5 inches. Sixty-nine ff. depict 2 mammals, 24 birds, 8 reptilia, 28 insects, 6 arthropods, while 7 ff. (70-76) depict a miscellaneous group including 1 mollusc, 2 echinoderms, 1 amphibia, 1 reptilia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

40. Mss Eur G45/6, ff.73-78

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Mss Eur G45/6, ff.73-78
Title:
Six drawings depicting a Chinese soldier, boats, birds, fruit and a butterfly, ff. 73-78
Scope & Content:
Six drawings depicting a Chinese soldier, boats, birds, fruit and a butterfly. By a Canton artist, c.1825. Water-colour on pith-paper; approx. 6.75 by 10.5 ins. Deposited on permanent loan by Captain K. Oliver-Bellasis, 10 September 1960. Note: These drawings are mounted in a scrapbook relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item