Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah is shown collared with a red hood over its eyes and draped in a red cape.
Cheetah ‘Acinonyx jubatus’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: The cheetah is shown sporting its harness in a landscape with bullock cart and caparisoned elephants in the distance, and with its cape and hood and water scoop nearby.
Caracal ‘Felis caracal’ Original inscriptions: ‘From life in possession of Marquis Wellesley. The animal is exactly double the size of this drawing. This animal was given to me by Rajah Mitter Jeet Sing, a Zemindar of Bahar. It is useful in hunting, principally the Hares – I have also seen it ...
Yak ‘Bos grunniens’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: [English] ‘Yak. Hair long only in the male’ [nastaliq] ‘hashtum hisseh qad asli sara-gāv’ Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Sambar ‘Cervus unicolor’ Original inscriptions: detailed dimensions on reverse Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Young stag
Sambar ‘Cervus unicolor’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘I suppose this the animal hinted at by Pennant as the Greater Axis and called by the Dutch Elks the English call it the Chittagong Elk during the Winter. The mane is as distinct as in the drawing and sometimes falls off in the great...
Sambar ‘Cervus unicolor’ Original inscriptions: Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Two views of a sambar head, one in profile.