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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Add Or 4698-5221, WD4396-4406 Language Not applicable

301. Add Or 5000

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5000
Title:
A racoon-like creature. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822), style of
Scope & Content:
A racoon-like creature, with a pseudo-scale benath. By a follower of Sita Ram, c.1820. Water-colour; 239 by 310 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

302. Add Or 5001

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5001
Title:
An elephant approaching a stream beside a clump of trees. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1789-1845), follower of
Scope & Content:
An elephant approaching a stream beside a clump of trees. Possibly by Charles D’Oyly, c.1815. Pencil; 238 by 290 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

303. Add Or 5002

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5002
Title:
A llama and a pair of monkeys in the Barrackpore menagerie. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822), style of
Scope & Content:
A llama and a pair of monkeys in the Barrackpore menagerie, with a pseudo-scale beneath. By a follower of Sita Ram, c.1820. Water-colour; 273 by 385 mm. Note: cf. Add.Or.4953 above.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

304. Add Or 5003

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5003
Title:
View of the harbour and fort of Palembang, South Sumatra, with the Union flag flying. Probably by one of Colin Mackenzie's draftsmen.
Scope & Content:
View of the harbour and fort of Palembang, South Sumatra, with the Union flag flying. Inscribed in ink below: ‘E.S.E. View of Palimbang, showing the Fort & Batteries.’ By one of Col. Colin Mackenzie’s draftsmen, c.1811-14. Pen and ink and wash; 175 by 270 mm. Note: This drawing or a copy...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1811-1814
Extent:
1 Item

305. Add Or 5004

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5004
Title:
An elephant gorgeously caparisoned bearing a howdah with a state chair, with a mahout.
Scope & Content:
An elephant gorgeously caparisoned bearing a howdah with a state chair, with a mahout. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour; 495 by 390 mm. Note: This and Add.Or.5010 below seem related to the caparisoned elephants drawn for Steuart & Co, Add.Or.535-7.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

306. Add Or 5005

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5005
Title:
A duck-billed platypus by a pool, with a detail of its bill. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A platypus by a pool, with a detail of its bill. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Inscribed in pencil: ‘Platypus Anatinus. Bill under view natural size.’Water-colour; 412 by 500 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

307. Add Or 5006

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5006
Title:
Elephants hauling a dead rhinoceros in hill country. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Elephants hauling a dead rhinoceros in hill country. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Water-colour; 172 by 276 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

308. Add Or 5007

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5007
Title:
Study of two cotton plants in flower. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
Study of two cotton plants in flower. By Sita Ram, 1820. Inscribed in pencil: ‘Gossipyrum. Cultivated & Wild Cotton Bengal. April 1820. Vol 3rd. No. 53.’ Water-colour; 412 by 304 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

309. Add Or 5008

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5008
Title:
A gherial or Gangetic crocodile face to face with a grass-hopper. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A gherial or Gangetic crocodile face to face with a grass-hopper. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Inscribed in pencil: ‘Lacerta gangetica or Gangetic Crocodile.’ Water-colour; 358 by 487 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

310. Add Or 5009

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 5009
Title:
A blue reeded plant with brilliantly coloured larvae.. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
Scope & Content:
A blue reeded plant with brilliantly coloured larvae. By Sita Ram, c.1820. Inscribed in pencil: ‘The Caterpillar of a small white moth with deep pink body the upper border of the wing pink and a few black spots. The plant the larva feeds upon is Hodgarum Alhagi or Jeuansa or Jewasa of Hindusta...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item