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1. Add MS 5220

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Add MS 5220
Title:
‘Drawings of animals, monsters, skeletons, etc.’ from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane, by different hands
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The pages are not numbered. The drawings are listed as numbered items in pencil (1928). Folio number refers to the digital foliation. [f. 1] 1. Drawings of fish; pen, ink and wash; signed bottom right ‘HG fecit’; Insc...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume (42 drawings)

2. Add MS 5289

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Add MS 5289
Title:
‘Miscellaneous Drawings of various Plants, Flowers, and Fruits in Indian-Ink, and colours, by different hands’, from the collection of Sir Hans Sloane
Scope & Content:
Album of drawings of plants by miscellaneous hands and of differing origin and date. The first 99 drawings in this album are those of Philippine plants sent by the Jesuit Georg Joseph Kamel (1661-1706) to James Petiver (1665-1718), many of which were used as the basis for the engravings in Pet...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, and Latin
Date Range:
16th century-18th century
Extent:
1 volume

3. IOR/F/4/2477/139058

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/F/4/2477/139058
Title:
‘Forwarding specimens of the Zoology of Mesopotamia collected by Commander Jones of the Indian Navy.’
Scope & Content:
This item consists of copies of correspondence, minutes, and memoranda cited in, or enclosed with, political letters from the Government of Bombay. The correspondents are the Government of Bombay and Commander Stephen Lushington, Commander in Chief of the Indian Navy. The item concerns zoologic...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
Arabic and English
Date Range:
18 Jan 1851-27 Feb 1852
Extent:
1 item (16 folios)