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NHD7/1117
- Record Id:
- 040-003273311
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003273310
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x000e8b
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD7/1117
- Title:
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A species of Trout. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845)
- Scope & Content:
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A species of Trout
Family Salmonidae, ‘Oncorhynchus sp.’
Original inscriptions: ‘Takes the worm greedily generally gorging the hook. Takes the artificial fly in sunny days in winter – although the cold is exceedingly severe – It is to be found in the streams falling into the Bamean river from the surface of the Kohi ------ as high as 11000 ft. At Basghah = several marches nearer the plains of Toorkistan Capt Hay syas that it attains a considerable size = flesh very delicately flavoured’ [Pencil] ‘Intestinal canal in situ. Bamean Trout. Nat. size. Salmo orientalis’ [Ink]
Further inscriptions: ‘Dr. Griffith. Affghanistan’
Artist: Griffith
Medium: Watercolour
Size:
Note: The intestinal tract of the fish is also detailed
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- Natural History Drawings
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003273310
040-003273311 - Is part of:
- NHD7/1117-1139 : GRIFFITH, WILLIAM (1810-1845) See Archer's Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library, pp.41-6.…
NHD7/1117 : A species of Trout. Artist(s): Griffith, William (1810-1845) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003273310[0001]/040-003273311
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: NHD7/1117-1139
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- British school
European school - Start Date:
- 1839
- End Date:
- 1840
- Date Range:
- 1839-1840
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Physical Characteristics:
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Medium: watercolour
- Material Type:
- Prints, Drawings and Paintings
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Griffith, William, botanist and physician, 1810-1845
- Subjects:
- Animals
Fish