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Archive Reference (shelfmark) NHD7/1001-1116 Subject mammals

1. NHD7/1034

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1034
Title:
Caracal
Scope & Content:
Caracal ‘Felis caracal’ Original inscriptions: ‘Syacash. The name of this animal is called SYAGOASH. This kind Animal has 2 colours both white and red. It seems an elegant rough and short hairs the size of which is a little bigger than a fox but it is very fierce. This Animal as well as a Bird...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

2. NHD7/1035

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1035
Title:
Tiger
Scope & Content:
Tiger ‘Panthera tigris’ Original inscriptions: ‘Royal tyger. This kind of Tygers is more strength than all the Animals and its nature without Provocation is fierceness and Cruel. No Mercy is to be expected from this Bruit which indiscriminate fury and tears in pieces Every Animals He met with....
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

3. NHD7/1036

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1036
Title:
Cheetah
Scope & Content:
Asian Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus venaticus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Chitta Tyger. A Chitta or Leopard speckled with small spots.’ ‘This Animal catches the Deer, the young kind of this animal will serve very soon to Chace but old one will take up to two years to practise for hunting. The male a...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

4. NHD7/1037

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1037
Title:
Leopard
Scope & Content:
Leopard ‘Panthera pardus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Spotted. Another kind of tyer’ [sic] ‘speckled with spots. This animal is a little smaller than Royal Tyger and its 6 and a half feet long – 3 and a half feet heigth’ [sic] ‘and he was allowed only 10 seers of mutton once a day at 12 o’clock in...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

5. NHD7/1038

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1038
Title:
Gaur
Scope & Content:
Gaur ‘Bos gaurus, bos frontalis’ Original inscriptions’: From forest in Tanjore country. ? Gayal.’ [pencil]’ 21. A side view of the Wild she buffalow’ [ink] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

6. NHD7/1040

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1040
Title:
Malayan Giant Squirrel, Black Giant Squirrel
Scope & Content:
Malayan Giant Squirrel, Black Giant Squirrel ‘Ratufa bicolor’ Original inscriptions: ‘Mountain Squirrels’ [ink] ‘hab. Ceylon’ [pencil, with more indistinct pencilled words] Further inscriptions:’ Mysore Coll. of Drawings.’ [erroneously ascribed in c.1880] Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

7. NHD7/1041

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1041
Title:
Ring-tailed Lemur
Scope & Content:
Ring-tailed Lemur ‘Lemur catta’ Original inscriptions: ‘a monky called in Malabar - Sookreve’. [ink] Further inscriptions: ‘L. macaco’ [pencil] ‘Mysore Coll. of Drawings.’ [erroneously ascribed in c.1880] Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

8. NHD7/1042(l)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1042(l)
Title:
Nilgiri Langur
Scope & Content:
Nilgiri Langur ‘Presbytis johnii, trachypithecus johnii’ Original inscriptions: ‘Black monky’ Further inscriptions: ‘Mysore Coll. of Drawings.’ [erroneously ascribed in c.1880] Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: With detail of the head. Two types of langurs depicted in the drawing,...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

9. NHD7/1042(r)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1042(r)
Title:
Common Langur, Hanuman Langur
Scope & Content:
Common Langur, Hanuman Langur ‘Presbytis entellus’ Original inscriptions: ‘White monkey.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Two types of langurs depicted in the drawing, the nilgiri langur to the left and the common langur to the right
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

10. NHD7/1043(l)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD7/1043(l)
Title:
Crab-eating Macaque, Long-tailed Macaque, Cynomolgus Monkey
Scope & Content:
Crab-eating Macaque, Long-tailed Macaque, Cynomolgus Monkey ‘Macaca fascicularis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Mundee it’s a kind monkey’ Further inscriptions: ‘Mysore Coll. of Drawings.’ [erroneously ascribed in c.1880] Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: With detail of head. Two types ...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1802
Extent:
1 Item

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