Raffles Collection --------------------- NHD4/537-665 One hundred and twenty-nine drawings in watercolour of birds from Sumatra bound in a volume me ...
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Raffles Collection --------------------- NHD4/537-665 One hundred and twenty-nine drawings in watercolour of birds from Sumatra bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. These drawings were made in Sumatra in 1820 and collected by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) while Raffles was...
Brahminy Kite ‘Haliastur indus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Falco Pondicerianus’ [Ink] ‘56. Haliastur indus No 4’ [Pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Unfinished, the eye is not completed. Note:
Peregrine Falcon ‘Falco peregrinus calidus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Falco communis var. No 5’ [Ink] ‘Falco peregrinus Gmel. / Rajawali or Sikup Lang’ [Pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Barred Eagle Owl, Malay Eagle Owl ‘Bubo sumatranus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Strix sumatrana Raffles, the young / Bubo orientalis Horsf. / Species of Ketupa’ [Pencil] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: