A drawing of a goat with her kid, the pets of Margaretta Lind.
Scope & Content:
A goat and her kid. Water-colour; 18 by 21 cm. Inscribed in ink: ‘Margaretta’s Goat Venus, and her kid Psyche, drawn by a native artist, and not well proportioned.’
A long-haired goat. Water-colour; 19.25 by 21 cm. Inscribed in ink: ‘Elizabeth’s Goat Rung Bahadur.’ Note: Also in the Lind Album, at p.88, is a lithograph by Sir Charles D’Oyly of both the goats Rung Bahadur and Venus, dated 12th January 1825, when presumably D’Oyly paid a visit to the Linds...