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61. NHD46/f.23

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.23
Title:
Chestnut-Winged Cuckoo. Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Chestnut-Winged Cuckoo ‘Clamator coromandus’ Original inscriptions: ‘Ignatio 13 Nov 1812 Madras’ [with dimensions indicated on drawing] Further inscriptions: Artist: C. Ignatio Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

62. NHD46/f.62

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.62
Title:
A Colubrid snake, perhaps meant to be a Ratsnake
Scope & Content:
A Colubrid snake, perhaps meant to be a Ratsnake Original inscriptions: ‘Length 6 ft 6 inches / Diameter 2 inches / At Honowar 11 April 1806 / No Poison bag / Hunra Kaira Arcot’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Similar to folio 61
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

63. NHD46/f.4

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.4
Title:
Bandicoot Rat. Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Bandicoot Rat ‘Bandicota indica’ Original inscriptions: ‘The Bandicoote of Coromandel. September 16th 1810’ [in Ink, with dimensions indicated on the drawing] ‘C. Ignatio’ [in Pencil] with East India Company Library seal on the verso. Further inscriptions: Artist: C. Ignatio Medium: Waterco...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

64. NHD46/f.14

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.14
Title:
Indian Pitta. Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Indian Pitta ‘Pitta brachyura’ Original inscriptions: ‘of the natural size October 20th 1812. C. Ignatio’ Further inscriptions: Artist: C. Ignatio Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

65. NHD46/f.17

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.17
Title:
Black-Rumped Flameback. Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Black-Rumped Flameback ‘Dinopium benghalense benghalense’ Original inscriptions: ‘The Wood Picker of Madras of the natural size / Madras December 1st 1810’ ‘This Bird instead of sitting or perching like others sticks to the Tree in a clinging posture as here represented / It haunts the Taar o...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

66. NHD46/f.56

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.56
Title:
A species of Sea Snake, Family Hydrophiidae, possibly the Annulated Sea Snake
Scope & Content:
A species of Sea Snake, Family Hydrophiidae, possibly the Annulated Sea Snake ‘Leicocephalophis cyanocincta’ (possibly) Original inscriptions: ‘Madras Dec 7th 1815 / The Natural size is here represented / The Tail is flat & thin a – b / From this part c to a the Belly is narrow & thin’...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

67. NHD46/f.11

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.11
Title:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male). Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male) ‘Terpsiphone paradisi’ Original inscriptions: ‘The Bullbull of the natural size / Madras October 11th 1810’ ‘From the back of the Neck to the tail of a light brown colour / The Breast & the Lower part of the tail of a pure white / The head &...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

68. NHD46/f.12

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.12
Title:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male). Artist(s): Ignatio, C. (fl. 1816-1819)
Scope & Content:
Asian Paradise Flycatcher (rufous var. male) ‘Terpsiphone paradisi’ Original inscriptions: ‘The Bullbull of the natural size / Madras October 11th 1810’ ‘From the back of the Neck to the tail of a light brown colour / The Breast & the Lower part of the tail of a pure white / The head &...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

69. NHD46/f.64

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.64
Title:
Letter addressed to Lt. Col. Mackenzie from F. W. E (Francis Whyte Ellis)
Scope & Content:
Letter addressed to Lt. Col. Mackenzie from F. W. E (Francis Whyte Ellis) Original inscriptions: ‘My Dear Mackenzie, you some time ago expressed a wish to make a drawing of my double-headed snake, and I told you I would endeavour to procure you the description of it from the Sanscrit dictionari...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item

70. NHD46/f.76

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD46/f.76
Title:
A species of Cinnamon and a Caterpillar of the Family Sphingidae
Scope & Content:
A species of Cinnamon and a Caterpillar of the Family Sphingidae Family Lauraceae, possibly ‘Cinnamomum inners’, and Sphingidae (Hawk-Moths) Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The Cinnamon plant at top and two views of the caterpillar...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1800-1817
Extent:
1 Item