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1. NHD4/537-665

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/537-665
Title:
Raffles Collection --------------------- NHD4/537-665 One hundred and twenty-nine drawings in watercolour of birds from Sumatra bound in a volume me ...
Scope & Content:
Raffles Collection --------------------- NHD4/537-665 One hundred and twenty-nine drawings in watercolour of birds from Sumatra bound in a volume measuring 21 by 14 inches. These drawings were made in Sumatra in 1820 and collected by Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (1781-1826) while Raffles was...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820-1820
Extent:
129 items

2. NHD4/612

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/612
Title:
Black-Headed Bulbul
Scope & Content:
Black-Headed Bulbul ‘Pycnonotus atriceps’ Original inscriptions: ‘Pycnonotus melanocephalus Gmel. Sp’ [Pencil] ‘Burong liliu’ [Malay] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 262 by 335 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

3. NHD4/665

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/665
Title:
Oriental Magpie Robin
Scope & Content:
Oriental Magpie Robin ‘Copsychus saularis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Indicator Raffles’. ‘?copsychus amornis Horsfield ?Turdus striga Raffles. Young male’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 272 by 372 mm Note: Eye incomplete
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

4. NHD4/541

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/541
Title:
Shikra
Scope & Content:
Shikra ‘Accipiter badius’ Original inscriptions: ‘Accipiter nisus Linn. / Sikup Balam’[Malay] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: Note: Unfinished, eye not completed
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

5. NHD4/591

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/591
Title:
Dollarbird
Scope & Content:
Dollarbird ‘Eurystomus orientalis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Coracius orientalis. Eurystomus orientalis’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 284 by 365 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

6. NHD4/660

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/660
Title:
Frigatebird
Scope & Content:
Frigatebird ‘Fregata sp.’ Original inscriptions: ‘pelicanus leucocephala’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 385 by 570 mm Note: Juvenile. Could be the Lesser Frigatebird, ‘fregata ariel’.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

7. NHD4/551

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/551
Title:
Coppersmith Barbet
Scope & Content:
Coppersmith Barbet ‘Megalaima haemacephala’ Original inscriptions: ‘Megalaima indica. Latham / Bucco philippensis apud Raffles’ [Ink] ‘Chanda’ [Hindi?] Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 290 by 408 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

8. NHD4/566

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/566
Title:
Sunda Woodpecker
Scope & Content:
Sunda Woodpecker ‘Dendrocopos moluccensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Picus Moluccensis Gmel. / Picus minor var No.5’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 250 by 154 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

9. NHD4/572

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/572
Title:
Collared Kingfisher
Scope & Content:
Collared Kingfisher ‘Todiramphus chloris’ Original inscriptions: ‘Alcedo chlorocephala Gmel / Halcyon collaris. Scop.’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 225 by 307 mm Note: eye left incomplete
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

10. NHD4/596

Reference (shelfmark):
NHD4/596
Title:
Large Woodshrike
Scope & Content:
Large Woodshrike ‘Tephrodornis gularis’ Original inscriptions: ‘Lanius gularis Raffles. Trans. Linn. Soc. XIII. P. 304 – virgatus Temm. Pl .Col. 256.f.1/ Tephrodornis’ Further inscriptions: Artist: Medium: Watercolour Size: 255 by 346 mm Note:
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1820
Extent:
1 Item

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