Mammal Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not identified but appears unreal, with a combination of elements from different species.
Bats Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Two species are shown, a Short-Nosed Fruit Bat of the genus Cyanopterus to the left.
Nilgai ‘Boselaphus tragocamelus’ Original inscriptions: [nastaliq] ‘rāqim Manū Lal musavvar saqin Azimabad’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Manu Lal Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: A pair, the female at left.
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...
Mandrill ‘Mandrillus sphinx’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘jaanvar dar Kohistan, dar Farsi nami maimu[n], dar Hindi nami bandar’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘dar Farsi yuz-guyand, dar Hindi cheetah’, plus dimensions Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah has a harness.
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah is shown collared with a red hood over its eyes and draped in a red cape.