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1811. NHD37/f.46

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD37/f.46
Title:
Spot-Billed Duck
Scope & Content:
Spot-Billed Duck ‘Anas poecilorhyncha’ Original inscriptions: ‘1804 - Nunjangode’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Has the blue speculum of ‘Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha’, but the red loral spot of nominate ‘Anas poecilorhyncha poecilorhyncha’
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1819
Extent:
1 Item

1812. NHD37/f.47

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD37/f.47
Title:
Lesser Whistling-Duck
Scope & Content:
Lesser Whistling-Duck ‘Dendrocygna javanica’ Original inscriptions: ‘9th July 1805’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1819
Extent:
1 Item

1813. NHD37/f.48

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD37/f.48
Title:
A species of Sandgrouse
Scope & Content:
A species of Sandgrouse Original inscriptions: ‘Female Rock Pedgion / 19th March 1810 / The toes are only bare leg covered with nice feathers, bill sky blue and a little mixture of Green.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Despite the inscription, appears to b...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1799-1819
Extent:
1 Item

1814. NHD39

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD39
Title:
Hardwicke Collection 96 drawings in an album, depicting birds from Srinagar, Kumaon (U.P) and Betul (C.P). Collected by Thomas Hardwicke during expeditions made to the Himalayas and to Betul between 1794 and 1803
Scope & Content:
Ninety-six drawings in water-colour depicting 96 birds from Srinagar and Kumaon (U.P.) and Betul (C.P.), bound in a volume measuring 17 by 13.75 inches. These drawings were collected by Thomas Hardwicke (1755-1835) during expeditions made to the Kumaon and Garhwal areas in the Himalayas and to ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1794-1803
Extent:
1 Item

1815. NHD41

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD41
Title:
Blagrave Collection 79 drawings in an album, depicting Indian birds. Probably made in the Punjab by an Indian artist, c.1840
Scope & Content:
Seventy-nine drawings in gouache depicting Indian birds, bound in a volume measuring 7.5 by 6 inches. These drawings, in a broken-down Mughal style, were probably made in the Punjab c.1840 by an Indian artist. Each folio is 'inscribed with the name of the bird in Latin, Urdu and a Punjabi scri...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

1816. NHD44/4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/4
Title:
Long-Tailed Parakeet
Scope & Content:
Long-Tailed Parakeet ‘Psittacula longicauda nicobarica’ Original inscriptions: ‘Paret’ [in ink on the reverse] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The Parakeet is perched on a Coral Tree, ‘Erythrina variegata’ or ‘Erythrina indica’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

1817. NHD44/5

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD44/5
Title:
White-Throated Kingfisher
Scope & Content:
White-Throated Kingfisher ‘Halcyon smyrnensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Fishing Burd’ [in ink on reverse] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The White-throated Kingfisher is perched on a finely detailed branch
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1803
Extent:
1 Item

1818. NHD46/f.11

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.11
Title:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male). Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male) ‘Terpsiphone paradisi’ Original inscriptions: ‘The Bullbull of the natural size / Madras October 11th 1810’ ‘From the back of the Neck to the tail of a light brown colour / The Breast & the Lower part of the tail of a pure white / The head &...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

1819. NHD46/f.12

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.12
Title:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male). Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male) ‘Terpsiphone paradisi’ Original inscriptions: ‘The Bullbull of the natural size / Madras October 11th 1810’ ‘From the back of the Neck to the tail of a light brown colour / The Breast & the Lower part of the tail of a pure white / The head &...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

1820. NHD46/f.13

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.13
Title:
A Common Tailorbird (possibly) and a Bay-Backed Shrike. Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
A Common Tailorbird (possibly) and a Bay-Backed Shrike ‘Orthotomus sutorius’ and ‘Lanius vittatus’ Original inscriptions: ‘of the natural size August 1811’ [top half] ‘of the natural size Sept 24th 1812’ [bottom half] ‘C. Ignatio’ Further inscriptions: Artist: C. Ignatio Medium: Watercolour...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

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