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1551. NHD20

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD20
Title:
NHD20 Volume VII. 18 by 13 inches. 114 ff. in water-colour. Folio 22, a copy of a drawing belonging to Captain Hardwicke; ff. 58, 77, 'Amboyna'; f.6 ...
Scope & Content:
NHD20 Volume VII. 18 by 13 inches. 114 ff. in water-colour. Folio 22, a copy of a drawing belonging to Captain Hardwicke; ff. 58, 77, 'Amboyna'; f.61, 'This is the plant that Covers the Pools'; f.66, 'Malacca'; f.76, 'Bencoolen'; 80, 'Napaul'; f.85, 'From Upper Hindostan'; f.87, 'Penang'; f....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
114 items

1552. NHD21

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD21
Title:
NHD21 Volume VIII. 18.5 by 13 inches. 110 ff. in water-colour. 1794 watermark. Folios 17 and 89 copies of drawings belonging to Captain Hardwicke; f ...
Scope & Content:
NHD21 Volume VIII. 18.5 by 13 inches. 110 ff. in water-colour. 1794 watermark. Folios 17 and 89 copies of drawings belonging to Captain Hardwicke; f.16, 'From Prince of Wales Island'; f.19, 'Held sacred by the Hindoos'; f.83, 'Vulg. The Tody Tree & the Mode of straining the juice. It is...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
110 items

1553. NHD22

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD22
Title:
NHD22 Volume IX. 18.5 by 13 inches. 61 ff. in water-colour. 1794 watermark. Two loose drawings inscribed 'Madras R.W.' have been inserted for compar ...
Scope & Content:
NHD22 Volume IX. 18.5 by 13 inches. 61 ff. in water-colour. 1794 watermark. Two loose drawings inscribed 'Madras R.W.' have been inserted for comparative purposes at some time. These may possibly be drawings belonging to Robert Wight, the Madras Botanist. Folios 50 and 51, probably Chinese...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
61 items

1554. NHD23

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD23
Title:
An index arranged according to the Linnaean system and also an alphabetical index of plants
Scope & Content:
Index. 17 by 10.5 inches. 56 pp.+ 8 pp. 1796 and 1802 watermarks. An index arranged according to the Linnaean system and also an alphabetical index of plants.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

1555. NHD24

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD24
Title:
NHD24 Volume XIV. 19 by 12 inches. (The four supplements account for Vols. X-XIII.) Eighty-four ff.depicting Mysore plants: 81 in water-colour and f ...
Scope & Content:
NHD24 Volume XIV. 19 by 12 inches. (The four supplements account for Vols. X-XIII.) Eighty-four ff.depicting Mysore plants: 81 in water-colour and ff. 25, 51, 69, unfinished line drawings. Inscribed on verso of title-page, 'All the plants in this Vol. as well as those marked B in the other ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
84 items

1556. NHD25

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD25
Title:
NHD25 Volume XV. 19.5 by 12 inches. Ninety-six ff. depicting Nepal plants: 95 in water-colour, f.57 unfinished line drawing. 1794 watermark. These d ...
Scope & Content:
NHD25 Volume XV. 19.5 by 12 inches. Ninety-six ff. depicting Nepal plants: 95 in water-colour, f.57 unfinished line drawing. 1794 watermark. These drawings appear to be copies of those made for Buchanan on his Nepal tour of 1802. Many drawings are inscribed 'B.N.' (Buchanan, Nepal).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
96 items

1557. NHD26

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD26
Title:
NHD26 Volume I of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Albums
Scope & Content:
p>NHD26 Volume I of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 18.5 by13 inches. 120 ff.in watercolour. Some of the drawings of parrots may be by Chinese painters. f.17, 'Female Sparrow Hawk - Variety of my Calcutta sparrow hawk'; f.40, 'From New South Wales'; f.46, 'Malacca'; f.54, '...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
165 items

1558. NHD27

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD27
Title:
NHD27 Volume II of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 114 ff. in watercolour. Folio 113 is similar to No.276 by Guruday ...
Scope & Content:
NHD27 Volume II of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 114 ff. in watercolour. Folio 113 is similar to No.276 by Gurudayal in the 'G & B' Collection; f.10, 'In possn of Mr. Cowper'; f.13, 'From Gorruckpore'; ff.17, 18, 19, 28, 36, 43, 'Malacca' (these drawings...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
198 items

1559. NHD28

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28
Title:
NHD28 Volume III of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 95 ff. in watercolour. Folios 93-5 are drawings of skins of bird ...
Scope & Content:
NHD28 Volume III of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 13 inches. 95 ff. in watercolour. Folios 93-5 are drawings of skins of birds from the 'E. Islands'. Cf. 'G & B' Collection, No.282 and f.95 which may well have been painted from the same specimen. Compare also f.8...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
110 items

1560. NHD29

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29
Title:
NHD29 Volume IV of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 12 inches. 100ff. in watercolour. Folios 21 and 27 must have been given to W ...
Scope & Content:
NHD29 Volume IV of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 12 inches. 100ff. in watercolour. Folios 21 and 27 must have been given to Wellesley by Lord Valentia as they bear his Persian seal on the reverse. ‘The Right Honourable Lord bahadur Viscount valentia, 1217’ (i.e. 1802);...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
108 items