Sloth Bear ‘Melursus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘This is I believe the animal that has been imposed upon naturalists as the Ursiforme’ [?] ‘sloth as it is called.’ ‘The fall of hair as described by Berwick’ [?] ‘and Kerr is purely artificial and the want of foreteeth is owing...
Chinese Pangolin ‘Manis pentadactyla’ Original inscriptions: ‘Manis pentadactyla Lin: The Short-tailed Manis Pennant. Pangolin. Asiatic Rescherches. Chin Chow Seik. Chinese. Bund or wild Roo. Bengal. Drawn from the life 1st June 1798 from one sent from Chittagong by W. Brommelin. One third nat...
A species of Wolf (possibly) Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: From the family Canidae and the identity is not entirely clear, may be the Indian Wolf or an Arabian Wolf.
A species of Wolf (possibly) Original inscriptions: [in English] ‘Male wolf of the Doab’ [in nastaliq on reverse, describing it as a ‘gurg’ in Farsi and a ‘bhediya’ in Hindi] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: From the family Canidae and the identity is not ent...