Subject: Birds - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/119
Title:: Common Tailorbird
Scope & Content:: Common Tailorbird ‘Orthotomus sutorius’ Original inscriptions: ‘Orthotomius’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/120
Title:: Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker
Scope & Content:: Scarlet-Backed Flowerpecker ‘Dicaeum cruentatum’ Original inscriptions: ‘Dicaeum rubrocanum, Temm. Dic. Cruentatum - Horsf’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour over Pencil Size: Note: A pair. Female at left and male at right. The drawing is unfinished
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/121
Title:: Common Iora
Scope & Content:: Common Iora ‘Aegithina tiphia’ Original inscriptions: ‘Iora scapularis Horsff’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/122
Title:: A species of Sunbird, possibly
Scope & Content:: A species of Sunbird, possibly Original inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Pencil Size: Note: Unfinshed sketch
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/123
Title:: Crimson Sunbird
Scope & Content:: Crimson Sunbird ‘Aethopyga siparaja sehereae’ Original inscriptions: ‘?Nectarinia siparaja. Horsfield’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/124
Title:: Ruby-Cheeked Sunbird (possibly)
Scope & Content:: Ruby-cheeked Sunbird (possibly) Original inscriptions: ‘Nectarinia javanica. Horsf.’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Not precise rendition. Perhaps meant to be either the Ruby-cheeked Sunbird or the Green-tailed Sunbird.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1811-1824
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD1/182
Title:: House Sparrow
Scope & Content:: House Sparrow ‘Passer domesticus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Passer domestica Linn. Passer indicus. Jardres Lelly’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1798-1805
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD2/186
Title:: Golden Eagle. Artist(s): Mahangu Lal (fl. 1804-07)
Scope & Content:: Golden Eagle ‘Aquila chrysaetos’ Original inscriptions: ‘Mahangoo Laul pinxt.’ Further inscriptions: ‘1. Aquila Chrysaetos. Linn.’ Artist: Mahangu Lal Medium: Watercolour Size: 480 by 315 mm. Note: Also with detail of one leg.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1805-1807
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD2/187
Title:: Changeable Hawk Eagle. Artist(s): Mahangu Lal (fl. 1804-07)
Scope & Content:: Changeable Hawk Eagle ‘Spizaetus cirrhatus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Falco/ Bauj/ Mahangoo Laul pinxt.’ Further inscriptions: ‘2. Spizaetus Caligatus - Raffles’/ Artist: Mahangu Lal Medium: Watercolour Size: 530 by 360 mm. Note: Also with detail of foot, and sketch in pencil of rocks below.
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1805-1807
Extent:: 1 Item

Reference (shelfmark):: NHD2/188
Title:: Pallas's Fish Eagle. Artist(s): Bishnu Prasad (fl.1804-1827)
Scope & Content:: Pallas’s Fish Eagle ‘Haliaeetus leucoryphus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Falco/ Jhumpa mour/ Bisnoopersaud pinxt.’ Further inscriptions: ‘3. Haliaetus leucogaster - Gould’ Artist: Bishnu Prasad Medium: Watercolour Size: 530 by 360 mm. Note:
Collection Area:: Visual Arts
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: 1805-1807
Extent:: 1 Item

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