Muscovy Duck ‘Cairina moschata’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘batt madah Chini’, duck female Chinese Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 544 by 378 mm Note: Female. Domesticated variety. Shown with a blue and white porcelain bowl.
Muscovy Duck ‘Cairina moschata’ Original inscriptions: [in nastaliq] ‘batt nar Chini’, ‘duck male Chinese’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 548 by 380 mm (entire drawing) Note: Male. Domesticated variety. Shown with a blue and white porcelain bowl. The bird is dep...
Crested Wood Partridge ‘Rollulus roulroul’ Original inscriptions: [very indistinct pencil inscription referring to the bird as the size of a pigeon, finishing with: ‘vide Latham Vol 4 – Page 622 – Le Rouloul’] [In Ink] ‘Rouloul da Malacca, il est represent ici entier de sa grandeur naturelle a...
Spangled Cotinga ‘Cotinga cayana’ Original inscriptions: ‘Purple-throated Chatterer. from Cayenne. The size of the Bird’ [erased] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 478 by 340 mm Note:
Sharp-Tailed Grouse ‘Tympanuchus phasianellus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Long-tailed Grous. from Hudson’s Bay. Length of the Bird 15 ½ inches.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
A group of dead birds and small mammals strung up on a bamboo pole
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Still life: a group of dead birds and small mammals strung up on a bamboo pole Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 430 by 550 mm Note:
Red Avadavat (a pair, on a branch). Artist(s): Ram Das (fl. 1777-1782)
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Red Avadavat (a pair, on a branch) ‘Amandava amandava’ Original inscriptions: [Inscribed on front in nastaliq] ‘La‘l o munya’. [in English] ‘In the collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta. Painted by Ram Das Native of Patna’ [in nastaliq] ‘Ramdas.’ [inscribed on back of mount: ‘Amaduvade Finch. ...
Verso: a pair of black-throated sunbirds, male and female, aethopyga saturata.
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Verso: A pair of black-throated sunbirds, male and female, ‘aethopyga saturata’. Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 260 x 206 mm Note:
Recto: Studies of the intermediate egret, mesophoyx intermedia.
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Recto: Studies of the intermediate egret, ‘mesophoyx intermedia’. Original inscriptions: ‘No 794 boha/ dahina puch va cau sab barabar yas ka mas musalman log khata hai,’ with further descriptions and measurements in Devanagari. Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil, pen and ink and wa...