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151. NHD50/2(25)(b)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(25)(b)
Title:
Barramundi
Scope & Content:
Barramundi Order Perciformes, Family Centropomidae, ‘Lates calcarifer’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘mahi bhekti dar darya shor payda mishavad’, ‘bhekti fish from the river’ ?’Shor’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 545 by 376 mm (entire drawing) Note: Par...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

152. NHD50/2(25)(t)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD50/2(25)(t)
Title:
Paradise Threadfin
Scope & Content:
Paradise Threadfin Order Perciformes, Family Polynemidae, ‘Polynemus paradiseus’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘mahi patisi az darya-e shor’, ‘patisi fish from the river’ ?’Shor’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 545 by 376 mm (entire drawing) Note: Part of ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1806-1810
Extent:
1 Item

153. NHD62/71(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/71(2)
Title:
Verso: Studies of catfish and carp.
Scope & Content:
Verso: Studies of catfish and carp. Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil and watercolour Size: 203 x 260 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

154. Or 4769, f.9

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4769, f.9
Title:
Matsya the Fish avatar of Vishnu, who arises from the mouth of a giant vertical fish which is leaping out of the ocean, the defeated demon Sankhasura below, two brahmins on each side standing in the water each holding up one of the Vedas.
Scope & Content:
Matsya the Fish avatar of Visnu, who arises from the mouth of a giant vertical fish which is leaping out of the ocean, he, blue, jewelled and haloed, his four arms displaying conch, quoit, lotus and mace, the defeated demon Sankhasura below on the surface of the water emerging from a shell (‘san...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

155. Or 4770, f.17

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.17
Title:
Ketu, depicted as a bodiless head, dark, crowned and haloed, perched on top of a fish which is floating on the sea.
Scope & Content:
Ketu, depicted as a bodiless head, dark, crowned and haloed, perched on top of a fish which is floating on the sea. Inscribed in Persian below: ‘ket.’ ‘17. Kait the ascending node.’
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

156. WD1395

Reference (shelfmark):
WD1395
Title:
A puffer fish. Artist(s): White, John (fl. 1778-1801)
Scope & Content:
(f.9) A puffer fish. Pencil and water-colour; 11.25 by 8.75 ins.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1789
Extent:
1 Item

157. WD3498

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3498
Title:
Tamunda fish, dark with light stripes on the body. On reverse: Eel with notes on its capture. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
Scope & Content:
‘Tamunda fish, dark with light stripes on the body.’ Pencil. On reverse: Eel with notes on its capture. Pencil. 18.3 by 23 cm.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s-1854
Extent:
1 Item

158. WD3499

Reference (shelfmark):
WD3499
Title:
Swordfish with notes. Artist(s): Haines, Stafford Bettesworth (1802-1860)
Scope & Content:
Swordfish with notes. Pencil; 17.8 by 21.4 cm irregular.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820s-1854
Extent:
1 Item

159. WD4494

Reference (shelfmark):
WD4494
Title:
Album of drawings made during a tour of India, February to May 2001.. Artist(s): Massingham, Mike (b.1952)
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings made during a tour of India, February to May 2001. Aside from those drawings made from memory and on train and bus journeys, these pictures were all drawn on the spot at various places in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Delhi and in the newly established state of Uttaranchal (fo...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
2001
Extent:
1 Item

160. X294

Reference (shelfmark):
X294
Title:
An album of 247 lithographs compiled apparently shortly after 1830 containing lithographs (and 1 engraving) mostly from the Bihar Amateur Lithographic Press run by Sir Charles D’Oyly at Patna.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
A large album of 247 lithographs of unknown provenance compiled apparently shortly after 1830 containing lithographs (and 1 engraving) mostly from the Bihar Amateur Lithographic Press run by Sir Charles D’Oyly at Patna. 144 ff. There are 66 lithographs by Charles D’Oyly himself, with signature...
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1830
Extent:
1 Item