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2531. NHD32/22

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/22
Title:
Sloth Bear
Scope & Content:
Sloth Bear ‘Melursus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘This is I believe the animal that has been imposed upon naturalists as the Ursiforme’ [?] ‘sloth as it is called.’ ‘The fall of hair as described by Berwick’ [?] ‘and Kerr is purely artificial and the want of foreteeth is owing...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2532. NHD32/23

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/23
Title:
Sloth Bear
Scope & Content:
Sloth Bear ‘Melursus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2533. NHD32/24

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/24
Title:
Chinese Pangolin
Scope & Content:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2534. NHD32/25

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/25
Title:
Common Otter
Scope & Content:
Common Otter ‘Lutra lutra’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2535. NHD32/26

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/26
Title:
Striped Hyaena
Scope & Content:
Striped Hyaena ‘Hyaena hyaena’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2536. NHD32/27

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/27
Title:
A species of Wolf (possibly)
Scope & Content:
A species of Wolf (possibly) Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: From the family Canidae and the identity is not entirely clear, may be the Indian Wolf or an Arabian Wolf.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2537. NHD32/28

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/28
Title:
A species of Wolf (possibly)
Scope & Content:
A species of Wolf (possibly) Original inscriptions: [in English] ‘Male wolf of the Doab’ [in nastaliq on reverse, describing it as a ‘gurg’ in Farsi and a ‘bhediya’ in Hindi] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: From the family Canidae and the identity is not ent...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2538. NHD32/29

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/29
Title:
Bengal Fox
Scope & Content:
Bengal Fox ‘Vulpes bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘canis palmata’ Further inscriptions: ‘C. benghalensis’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2539. NHD32/30

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/30
Title:
Bengal Fox
Scope & Content:
Bengal Fox ‘Vulpes bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Bengal Fox’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

2540. NHD32/31

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD32/31
Title:
Asiatic Jackal, Golden Jackal
Scope & Content:
Asiatic Jackal, Golden Jackal ‘Canis aureus’ Original inscriptions: [in English] ‘Bengal Jackall from life’ [in nastaliq on reverse, naming it a ‘geedhar’ in Hindi and a ‘shahal’ in Farsi, and saying that it is from Bengal] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item