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1911. NHD62/35(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/35(2)
Title:
Verso: An unidentified parrot, unfinished drawing.
Scope & Content:
Verso: An unidentified parrot, unfinished drawing. Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: pencil and watercolour Size:305 x 198 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

1912. NHD62/73(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD62/73(1)
Title:
Recto: Three gyps vultures, adults and a juvenile, probably Himalayan Griffon, gyps himalayansis.
Scope & Content:
Recto: Three gyps vultures, adults and a juvenile, probably Himalayan Griffon, ‘gyps himalayansis’. Original inscriptions: ‘uttarardha-?vas vara kal gidha nar madin yunke? rang’ with full description. Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil and watercolour Size: 206 x 316 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840-1850
Extent:
1 Item

1913. Or 4760

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4760
Title:
[Chōrui zufu 鳥類図譜]
Scope & Content:
Anonymous and untitled manuscript containing descriptions and depictions of 48 Japanese birds. Undated but possibly c.1850-1860.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Japanese
Date Range:
[1850-1860]
Extent:
25 sheets

1914. Or 4770, f.15

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 4770, f.15
Title:
Surya the Sun,surrounded by the orb of the sun, seated on a lotus on a four-wheeled chariot, drawn by seven horses, one of them the seven-headed Ucchravas, the reins held by Aruna, red, eagle-faced and winged.
Scope & Content:
Surya the Sun, red and four-faced, crowned. surrounded by the orb of the sun, four-armed, holding conch, quoit, lotus and mace, seated on a lotus on a four-wheeled chariot, drawn by seven horses, one of them the seven-headed Ucchaihsravasa, the reins held by Aruna, red, eagle-faced and winged. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1780
Extent:
1 Item

1915. Or 7315

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 7315
Title:
'Aja'ib al-makhluqat by Qazvini. One hundred and ninety-four miniatures.
Scope & Content:
‘‘Aja’ib al-makhluqat’ by Qazvini. One hundred and ninety-four miniatures. Persian. Late sixteenth or early seventeenth century. Literature: Handlist, p.48. Titley no. 243. f.11b. Pegasus (horse). f.12a. Equus Major (horse). f.12b. Draco (dragon). f.26b. Angels which support God’s throne. ...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Persian
Date Range:
1575-1625
Extent:
1 Item

1916. Or 14949

Reference (shelfmark):
Or 14949
Title:
'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
Scope & Content:
'Aja'ib al-Makhluqat, of unknown authorship, dedicated to the Seljuk Sultan Tughril (reg. 1175-93). Ms is defective and now contains 122 miniatures in a primitve Sultanate style.
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1450-1500
Extent:
1 Item

1917. P456

Reference (shelfmark):
P456
Title:
'The Fire-Backed Pheasant of Java'. Engraved by W. Skelton after a drawing by S. Edwards. Published in London, 1796. Artist(s): Skelton, William (1763-1848), after S. Edwards
Scope & Content:
'The Fire-Backed Pheasant of Java'. Engraved by W. Skelton after a drawing by S. Edwards. Published in London, 1796.. Artist(s): Skelton, William (1763-1848), after S. Edwards
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1796
Extent:
1 Item

1918. P1851-1873

Reference (shelfmark):
P1851-1873
Title:
Lithographs of Birds. Copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul.
Scope & Content:
Lithographic copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul (1837-42). They were formally in the library of Dr Hugh Falconer.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1840s
Extent:

23 items

1919. P1896

Reference (shelfmark):
P1896
Title:
Lithograph of Birds. Copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul.
Scope & Content:
Lithograph of Birds. Copies of drawings made during Alexander Burnes Mission to Kabul.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1840
Extent:
1 Item

1920. P2481

Reference (shelfmark):
P2481
Title:
Scrap book containing 133 miscellaneous prints from Sir Charles D'Oyly's Bihar Lithographic Press.. Artist(s): D'Oyly, Sir Charles (1781-1845), and others
Scope & Content:
Jean Mary Macnab's Scrapbook of D'Oyly’s Lithographs Collection of 251 lithographs, mostly the production of the Behar Lithographic Press in Patna set up by Sir Charles D'Oyly, with a small number from the Asiatic Lithographic Press of Thomas Black in Calcutta. They were assembled in a folio a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1828-1831
Extent:
1 Item

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