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NHD46/f.46
- Record Id:
- 040-003277243
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003277197
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100028181659.0x001de6
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- NHD46/f.46
- Title:
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The Mugger or Marsh Crocodile, a Praying Mantis and a Spider. Artist(s): Saxton, Benjamin (b.1803)
- Scope & Content:
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The Mugger or Marsh Crocodile, a Praying Mantis and a Spider
Original inscriptions: ‘An Alligator brought living from the Toomboodra River January 1801’ [accompanying a lateral view] ‘View with the Belly turned upward. Belly light yellow’ [accompanying a ventral view] ‘Copied by B. Saxton’
Further inscriptions:
Artist: B. Saxton
Medium: Watercolour
Size:
Note: Four drawings in this folio, two views of a Mugger, one of a Praying Mantis which is similar to the drawing in folio 43, and one of a spider which is the same as the drawing in folio 42.
- Collection Area:
- Visual Arts
- Project / Collection:
- MacKenzie Collection
Natural History Drawings - Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003277197
040-003277243 - Is part of:
- NHD46 : Mackenzie Collection --------------------- NHD46 An album of 79 folios containing 80 drawings in watercolour and pencil (10 unfinished);…
NHD46/f.46 : The Mugger or Marsh Crocodile, a Praying Mantis and a Spider. Artist(s): Saxton, Benjamin (b.1803) - Hierarchy:
- 032-003277197[0046]/040-003277243
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: NHD46
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 Item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Not applicable
- Scripts:
- Not applicable
- Styles:
- South India/Madras style
South Indian style - Start Date:
- 1800
- End Date:
- 1817
- Date Range:
- 1800-1817
- 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:
- Saxton, Benjamin, b 1803
- Subjects:
- Animals
Reptiles
invertebrates