Colugo, Flying Lemur ‘Cynocephalus sp.’ Original inscriptions: …..’from Bencoolen’ [cut off] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Four drawings showing a desiccated specimen, the top two drawings show the dorsal and ventral views of the whole animal, the bottom...
Colugo, Flying Lemur ‘Cynocephalus variegatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The animal is portrayed feeding on a Duku/Langsat tree.
Babirusa skull ‘Babyrousa babyrussa’ Original inscriptions: ‘Natural size from a head in the possession of Dr. Hare’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Babirusa ‘Babyrousa babyrussa’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘From Life in the possession of Marquis Wellesley’ [nastaliq on front] ‘called in Farsi gurāz, in Hindi borā,’ ‘about nine months old, the work of Mirza Sanghi Beg, dated the month of February 1801’ [plus dimensions in nastaliq...
Agouti ‘Dasyprocta sp.’ Original inscriptions: [nastaliq on reverse] ‘called in Farsi mūsh, in Hindi chuha, from the Kohistan of Nepal’ [plus dimensions] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly meant to be the Brazilian or Red-rumped Agouti, ‘Dasyprocta le...
Hoolock Gibbon ‘Hylobates Hoolock’ Original inscriptions: ‘See Pennant Vol 1 p. 170’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Male