Falcon (possibly) Original inscriptions: ‘B. 1. No. 20. Doubtful’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Stylized rendition of a falcon variety. It is feeding off a dead bird in its talons.
Small Indian Mongoose ‘Herpestes auropunctatus’ Original inscriptions: [in English] ‘Nuol – a kind of Lizard destroys Birds’ [in nastaliq] Nayul plus dimensions, made by Mirza Sanghi Beg, dated 5th August 1801 Further inscriptions: Artist: Mirza Sanghi Beg Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
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...