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251. Johnson 54,33

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,33
Title:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse. 112 by 95 mm; page 321 by 208 mm. A mouse frees an antelope from a net. From the story of the crow, tortoise and mouse who become friends with a deer, cf.’ nos.’28 and 43 (Eastwick (1854), chapter III, story VI, 293; I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.117r). Note: T...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

252. Johnson 54,43

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,43
Title:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
The crow, the tortoise and the mouse. Panel of eight lines of text; overpainted and rebacked. 199 by 129 mm; page 200 by 131 mm. A buck is talking to a crow in a tree, as a tortoise dives into water and a mouse runs down a hole. From the story of the crow, tortoise and mouse who became frien...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1600
Extent:
1 Item

253. Johnson 54,44

Reference (shelfmark):
Johnson 54,44
Title:
A snake and a bird, from the 'Iyar-i Danish
Scope & Content:
A snake and a bird. Mounted on 20th-century paper. 130 by 90 mm; page 321 by 205 mm. A snake climbs up a tree to attack nestlings; the mother bird is beside the nest (perhaps an inaccurate illustration to I.O.R. Pers.Ms 1403, f.143, Eastwick (1854), chapter IV, story XIV, 365, or perhaps chap...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1780
Extent:
1 Item

254. Mss Eur E82

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur E82
Title:
76 drawings in an album, depicting mammals, birds, reptiles, insects, arthropods, molluscs, echinoderms and fish of Ceylon. This is the third of three volumes written and drawn by Eudelin de Jonville entitled: 'Quelques Notions sur L'Isle de Ceylon'. A
Scope & Content:
Seventy-six folios in pencil, pen-and-ink and water-colour, bound in a volume measuring 15 by 10.5 inches. Sixty-nine ff. depict 2 mammals, 24 birds, 8 reptilia, 28 insects, 6 arthropods, while 7 ff. (70-76) depict a miscellaneous group including 1 mollusc, 2 echinoderms, 1 amphibia, 1 reptilia...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

255. Mss Eur F191/332(186)

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur F191/332(186)
Title:
Dancing Peacocks. Photographer: Bake, Arnold Adriaan
Scope & Content:
Genre: Portrait Photography View of dancing peacocks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Mar 1927
Extent:
1 item

256. Mss Eur G45/6, ff.73-78

Reference (shelfmark):
Mss Eur G45/6, ff.73-78
Title:
Six drawings depicting a Chinese soldier, boats, birds, fruit and a butterfly, ff. 73-78
Scope & Content:
Six drawings depicting a Chinese soldier, boats, birds, fruit and a butterfly. By a Canton artist, c.1825. Water-colour on pith-paper; approx. 6.75 by 10.5 ins. Deposited on permanent loan by Captain K. Oliver-Bellasis, 10 September 1960. Note: These drawings are mounted in a scrapbook relat...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1825
Extent:
1 Item

257. Neg 1083/44(195)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1083/44(195)
Title:
Young birds, (?)Kashgar. Photographer: Bailey, Frederick Marshman
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jun 1918-Jul 1918
Extent:
1 item

258. Neg 1112/7(971)

Reference (shelfmark):
Neg 1112/7(971)
Title:
Altan Ova. In Sunid Hoshun. Young eagle during flight. Photographer: Bell, Charles Alfred
Scope & Content:
A very distant view of an eagle in flight. Duplicate negative only, no print.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1935
Extent:
1 item

259. NHD1/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/1
Title:
Osprey
Scope & Content:
Osprey ‘Pandion haliaetus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Osprey, Spizaetus’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour with pen and ink Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

260. NHD1/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD1/2
Title:
Slaty-breasted Rail
Scope & Content:
Slaty-breasted Rail ‘Galliralus striatus’ Original inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1784-1808
Extent:
1 Item

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