Chevrotain ‘Tragulus sp.’ Original inscriptions: ‘Kar pundy of Codagu B. Moschus minima L. length 17 inches’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Wombat ‘Vombatus ursinus’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse] ‘From New Holland less than half the natural size. The female has a bag for its young like the Oposssum. But it has two cutting teeth in each jaw and eight grinders.’ ‘If the Wombat of Collins – his description differs considerably...
Agouti ‘Dasyprocta sp.’ Original inscriptions: [nastaliq on reverse] ‘called in Farsi mūsh, in Hindi chuha, from the Kohistan of Nepal’ [plus dimensions] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Possibly meant to be the Brazilian or Red-rumped Agouti, ‘Dasyprocta le...
Leopard ‘Panthera pardus’ Original inscriptions: dimensions given in nastaliq, and it adds ‘dar Hindi sher-e-na’irudh’ [?] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Leopard ‘Panthera pardus’ Original inscriptions: dimensions given in nastaliq, and it adds ‘dar Hindi sher-e-na’irudh’ [?] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note:
Gayal ‘Bos frontalis’ Original inscriptions: [on reverse in English]]’These drawings are from life in the possession of Marquis Wellesley’ [in front in nastaliq] ‘this animal named gawal is from Chatgam and is the work of Mirza Sanghi Beg, dated February 1801’ Further inscriptions: ‘Frontalis...