Rhesus Macaque ‘Macaca mulatta’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: A pair, one seen from the front and one from the rear.
Moloch Gibbon, Silvery Gibbon ‘Hylobates moloch’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Three views of the Gibbon, from the back, front and side.
131 drawings in an album, depicting insects, both life-size and enlarged. Collected by Marquis Wellesley
Scope & Content:
Volume I. 17.5 by 11.5 inches. 131 ff. in water-colour depicting insects both life-size and enlarged. Two enlarged dissections are included. No inscriptions.
119 drawings in an album, depicting insects, both life-size and enlarged. Collected by Marquis Wellesley
Scope & Content:
Volume II. 17.5 by 11.5 inches. 119 ff. in water-colour depicting insects both life-size and enlarged. Inscription in Nagari on f.98 and a few Latin names have been added at a later date.
Gagora Catfish (possibly) Order Siluriformes, Family Ariidae, ‘Arius gagora’ Original inscriptions: ‘Gaagoran taungraa. Silurus ascita L.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and Pen and Ink Size: Note: Two views, one in full colour and one dorsal view in ink. Part of a draw...
Striped Dwarf Catfish Order Siluriformes, Family Bagridae, ‘Mystus vittatus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Pookhoreeyaa taungraa. Silurus vittatus B.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and Pen and Ink Size: Note: Two views, one in full colour and one dorsal view in ink. Part of ...
Butter Catfish Order Siluriformes, Family Siluridae, ‘Ompok bimaculatus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Paabdaa. Silurus asotus. L. B?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and Pen and Ink Size: Note: Two views, one in full colour and one dorsal view in ink. Part of a drawing in whi...
Stinging Catfish Order Siluriformes, Family Heteropneustidae, ‘Heteropneustes fossilis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Seengee. Silurus pungentissimus’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour and Pen and Ink Size: Note: Two views, one in full colour and one dorsal view in ink. Part of ...