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471. NHD28/90

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/90
Title:
Eurasian Hoopoe
Scope & Content:
Eurasian Hoopoe ‘Upupa epops’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Two depictions of the bird, one with wings widespread as it hovers, one with it at rest.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

472. NHD28/91

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/91
Title:
Bird (possibly a Sibia)
Scope & Content:
Bird (possibly a Sibia) Original inscriptions: ‘Doomchurkey. See B. 1. 97’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: May perhaps be a Long-Tailed Sibia (‘Heterophasia picaoides’) in juvenile plumage.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

473. NHD28/92

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/92
Title:
Blue Rock Thrush (possibly)
Scope & Content:
Blue Rock Thrush (possibly) ‘Monticola solitarius philippensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Pabai. Turdus malabaricus. I. O. i. 333. Malabar Thrush. Sup. iij. 30’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

474. NHD28/93

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/93
Title:
King Bird Of Paradise
Scope & Content:
King Bird Of Paradise ‘Cicinnurus regius’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: A dead bird is drawn, two identical depictions.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

475. NHD28/94(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/94(1)
Title:
Greater Bird of Paradise
Scope & Content:
Greater Bird of Paradise ‘Paradisaea apoda’ Original inscriptions: ‘com. Parad. Bird.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing where two species of birds are shown. The dead Greater Bird of Paradise is portrayed at left.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

476. NHD28/94(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/94(2)
Title:
Magnificent Bird of Paradise
Scope & Content:
Magnificent Bird of Paradise ‘Diphyllodes magnificus’ Original inscriptions: ‘See B. ij. 99 Magnificent Par B. Syn. ij. 477?’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Part of a drawing where two species of birds are shown. The dead Magnificent Bird of Paradise is port...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

477. NHD28/95

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD28/95
Title:
A species of Paradise Kingfisher
Scope & Content:
A species of Paradise Kingfisher Genus ‘Tanysiptera’ Original inscriptions: ‘Alcedo Dea. I. O. i. 256. Ternate K. Fisher. Syn. ij. 634’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: A dead bird is depicted.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

478. NHD29

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29
Title:
NHD29 Volume IV of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 12 inches. 100ff. in watercolour. Folios 21 and 27 must have been given to W ...
Scope & Content:
NHD29 Volume IV of the bird drawings from the Wellesley Collection. 19 by 12 inches. 100ff. in watercolour. Folios 21 and 27 must have been given to Wellesley by Lord Valentia as they bear his Persian seal on the reverse. ‘The Right Honourable Lord bahadur Viscount valentia, 1217’ (i.e. 1802);...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1797-1805
Extent:
108 items

479. NHD29/1

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/1
Title:
White-Rumped Vulture
Scope & Content:
White-Rumped Vulture ‘Gyps bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Giddh or Griddha. The name of this bird in Persian is Kurgis, in Hindostany – Gurrd. The Drawing is half of the natural size.’ [In nastaliq and English] ‘Bengal Vulture.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

480. NHD29/2

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD29/2
Title:
White-Eyed Buzzard
Scope & Content:
White-Eyed Buzzard ‘Butastur Teesa’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Zuggur – upon a Tamarind Tree’ [in nastaliq and English] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly a Harrier in juvenile plumage
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1798-1805
Extent:
1 Item

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