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1. NHD7/1117

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1117
Title:
A species of Trout. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
A species of Trout Family Salmonidae, ‘Oncorhynchus sp.’ Original inscriptions: ‘Takes the worm greedily generally gorging the hook. Takes the artificial fly in sunny days in winter – although the cold is exceedingly severe – It is to be found in the streams falling into the Bamean river from ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

2. NHD7/1117-1139

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1117-1139
Title:
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1810-1845) See Archer's Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library, pp.41-6. --------------------- NHD7/1117-1139 Twent ...
Scope & Content:
GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1810-1845) See Archer's Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library, pp.41-6. --------------------- NHD7/1117-1139 Twenty-two drawings in pen-and-ink, pencil and watercolour depicting fishes and their organs from India and Afghanistan; bound in a volume measuring ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
23 items

3. NHD7/1118

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1118
Title:
Fish of the family Cyprinidae (Carp, Barbs, Minnows). Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
Fish of the family Cyprinidae (Carp, Barbs, Minnows) Genus ‘Barilius’, possibly ‘Barilius vagra’ Original inscriptions: [under the intestinal tract] ‘1 ¼ length of body. Opsarius bicirratus.’ Further inscriptions: ‘Dr. Griffith. Affghanistan’ Artist: Griffith Medium: Watercolour and Pen an...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

4. NHD7/1119

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1119
Title:
Fish of the family Cyprinidae. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
Fish of the family Cyprinidae Genus ‘Barilius’, possibly ‘Barilius tileo’ Original inscriptions: ‘Opsarius. Girth extreme 7 ½ inch. Back – slaty blue metallic. Vertically olivaceous – this part is abrupt. Sides yellowish fuscous – linged with Salmon. Spots faint at first, blue. All the scales ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

5. NHD7/1120

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1120
Title:
A species of Cyprinid, possibly a Barb. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
A species of Cyprinid, possibly a Barb Original inscriptions: ‘Colour ordinary, scales without a red stripe. Intestines very thin, exceedingly long. Peritoneum black. Ornentum’ [?] ‘very oily. Peshawur’ Further inscriptions: ‘Dr Griffith, Affghanistan.’ Artist: Medium: Pencil, Pen and In...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

6. NHD7/1121

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1121
Title:
A species of Snow Trout (possibly). Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
A species of Snow Trout (possibly) Family Cyprinidae, Genus ‘Schizopyge’ (possibly) Original inscriptions: [indistinct pencil] ‘A beautiful fish’ [Pencil] ‘Brancheal rays 4. Stomach evidently distinct from intestines and much mor eorganised. Contents smallfish. Intestines as long again as the ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

7. NHD7/1122

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1122
Title:
Fish of the family Cyprinidae (Carp, Barbs, Minnows). Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
Fish of the family Cyprinidae (Carp, Barbs, Minnows) Original inscriptions: ‘lent to me by Major Macgregor during our visit to Peshub and Olipore. Specimen lost.’ [on back] ‘Scales very small.’ ‘Cyprinoida = is to e Lalpore affinis. Affghanisthan near Jallalabad. Koon’ [d] ‘us river. Pushub Fe...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

8. NHD7/1123

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1123
Title:
A species of Snow Trout. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
A species of Snow Trout Family Cyprinidae, Genus ‘Schizothorax’ (possibly) Original inscriptions: ‘Barbus of Cubul river at Kote-i-Ashraf – Mydan valley. In glass stoppered bottle – young and mature. Takes to worm greedily.’ [?] ‘takes if sparingly. Intestines tapering from stomach which is th...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

9. NHD7/1124

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1124
Title:
A species of Snow Trout. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
A species of Snow Trout Family Cyprinidae, Genus ‘Schizothorax’ (possibly) Original inscriptions: ‘Schizothorax Barnesiana’ Further inscriptions: ‘Affghanistan Dr Griffith.’ Artist: Griffith Medium: Pencil Size: Note: Diagrams in pencil of heads and tiled vents and fins
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

10. NHD7/1125

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1125
Title:
A species of Snow Trout. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
Scope & Content:
A species of Snow Trout Family Cyprinidae Original inscriptions: ‘Lalpore. Cabul. Jalalabad river. Stomach well-developed ½ length of body then attenuated but preserving stomachic structure rather more than length of baody then passing gradually into intestines which were gorged with muddy sub...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1839-1840
Extent:
1 Item

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