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.
An elephant gorgeously caparisoned bearing a howdah with a state chair, with a mahout.
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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.
A duck-billed platypus by a pool, with a detail of its bill. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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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.
A gherial or Gangetic crocodile face to face with a grass-hopper. Artist(s): Sita Ram (fl. c.1810-1822)
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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.
A caparisoned and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible
Scope & Content:
A caparison and mahouted elephant with a closed howdah, the top of a chair just being visible. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Water-colour and body-colour; 502 by 433 mm. Note: see note under Add.Or.5004 above.