Title page notes by Casey Wood
- CA RBD Gwillim-2-a
- Item
- [1924?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
H3A 0C9
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Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-002
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed portrait of a raptor in full landscape. Raptor is red with white head, foreground is full of foliage, three worshipful figures at right in full background.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-004
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a small heron with a fish in its bill (unique in the collection), probably a catfish, with partial background featuring a small body of water or pond, rocks, and foliage. Inscriptions below the painting read: "? Eastern Purple Heron juv. (Ardea manillensis)," and in the lower right corner: "Ardea."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Indian, black, red-headed or Pondicherry vulture (Sarcogyps calvus)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-005
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting with a life-sized bust (head, neck, shoulders) study of a vulture on otherwise blank page. Inscription below the painting reads: "Black, King, or Pondicherry Vulture (Otogyps calvus)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-007
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting with full depiction of a pale-colored buzzard, with partial background of rocks and plants. Inscriptions below the painting read: "Smaller White Scavenger Vulture (Neophron ginginianus)" at bottom centre, and "Neophron ginginianus" in lower left corner.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-009
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed painting of a bird with white body, black neck, head, and legs, standing on rock by water. Full and close background featuring plants with hanging, full pods.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-010
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed painting of a tall stork with white underbelly, black back, and dark, iridescent neck and head. Full background with perspective, featuring water on the left and rocks, hill, and tree on the right.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Crested serpent-eagle (Spilornis cheela)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-013
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Framed painting of a tall eagle with brown back and speckled white belly, perched on flat rock with detailed plant at the right bearing red fruit (ivy gourd), with a full landscape background.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-016
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a beige eagle with darker back and tail feathers, perched on wood with some fronds/foliage. Inscription in lower right corner reads, "Hieraaetus pennatus Booted Eagle (K.S.192)" with a question mark and a male symbol.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)
- CA RBD Gwillim-1-019
- Item
- [between 1801 and 1807?]
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a white goose with two black bars on the back of head, standing by the water with wood and foliage, with a full landscape background with temples in the far left. Inscription below painting reads, "Bar-headed goose (anser indicus)." Another in lower right corner reads, "Anas."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
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