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Subject Fish Level [40] File

1. Add Or 99

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 99
Title:
Women fish-seller cutting up fish
Scope & Content:
Woman fish-seller cutting up fish. Inscribed: ‘79. Mutchwin. Selling Fish.’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1815-1820
Extent:
1 Item

2. Add Or 1874

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 1874
Title:
Freshwater prawn and fish
Scope & Content:
Freshwater prawn and fish. 430 by 280 mm. Note: For illustrations of proverbs by Kalighat painters, see W.G. Archer (1971), 46.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

3. Add Or 3352

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 3352
Title:
Hand with a bunch of fresh-water prawns.
Scope & Content:
Hand with a bunch of fresh-water prawns.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 Item

4. Add Or 4168

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4168
Title:
Fish avatar of Vishnu, in water. One of 12 paintings on mica sheets depicting Hindu divinities.
Scope & Content:
Fish avatar of Vishnu, in water. Inscribed: ‘Macha avataran (Vishnu)’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1850
Extent:
1 Item

5. Add Or 4985

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4985
Title:
A sea horse
Scope & Content:
A sea horse. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink : ‘Fig. 3d. Syngnathus Hippocampus.’ Water-colour; 275 by 216 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

6. Add Or 4990

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4990
Title:
A very ugly fish, sketched from above, and fully painted in side view.
Scope & Content:
A very ugly fish, sketched from above, and fully painted in side view. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig. 1st. Laphinus spinosus.’ Pen and ink and wash, and water-colour; 279 by 218 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. Add Or 4991

Reference (shelfmark):
Add Or 4991
Title:
A horned fish
Scope & Content:
A horned fish. By a Calcutta artist, c.1820. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig. 2. Ostracion Cornutus. From a Specimen in possession of Lady Hastings. View beneath. View above. Profile.’ Pen and ink and wash, and water-colour; 275 by 218 mm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1820
Extent:
1 Item

8. Mss Eur E82

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E82
Title:
76 drawings in an album, depicting mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms and fish of Ceylon. This is the third of three volumes written and drawn by Eudelin de Jonville entitled: 'Quelques Notions sur L'Isle de Ceylon'. A
Scope & Content:
Seventy-six folios in pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour, bound in a volume measuring 15 by 10.5 inches. Sixty-nine ff. depict 2 mammals, 24 birds, 8 reptilia, 28 insects, 6 arthropods, while 7 ff. (70-76) depict a miscellaneous group including 1 mollusc, 2 echinoderms, 1 amphibia, 1 reptilia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

9. NHD1/20

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/20
Title:
Red Lion fish (firefish, zebrafish)
Scope & Content:
Red Lion fish (firefish, zebrafish) ‘Pterois volitans’ Original inscriptions: ‘Pterois volitans’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

10. NHD1/21

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/21
Title:
Longhorn Cowfish
Scope & Content:
Longhorn Cowfish ‘Lactoria cornuta’ Original inscriptions: ‘Ikan buntal’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item