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James Forbes Zoological Drawings With digital objects
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Chameleon

Item consists of leaf with engraved illustration of chameleon pasted on. Background details are drawn in in pencil.

Cobra and pink flowers

Item consists of a colour illustration depicting a brown cobra and pink, five-petalled flowers, without caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted onto sheet with background details drawn in. An annotation in pencil by Henry Mousley reads: "Naia tripudians?" Verso contains beginning of sketch of building and landscape (very faint).

Scorpion

Item consists of leaf with engraved illustration of scorpion pasted on. Background details are drawn in in pencil, with branch coloured in. Later caption in Casey Woods's hand reads: "The drawing in this portfolio are probably those made to illustrate Forbes' 'Oriental Memoirs'."

Lizard and small bird

Item consists of leaf with engraved illustrations of lizard and small bird pasted on. Background details are drawn in in pencil.

Crocodile

Item consists of leaf with engraved illustration of crocodile pasted on. Background details are drawn in in pencil.

Coluber Naja

Item consists of a colour illustration of a cobra next to a patch of white lilies. The figures have been cut and pasted onto sheet with background details drawn in. The caption identifies the species as "Coluber naja," according to the Linnean system. The rest of the caption reads: "Cobra de Capello, or Hooded Snake of Hindostan: this is one Dancing Snakes, of a small size, drawn from the life at Bombay, a few hours before it killed a young woman." An additional pencil annotation by Henry Mousley identifies the species as "Naia tripudians."

Cobra and pink flowers

Item consists of a colour illustration, partially unfinished, depicting a cobra, without caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in. An annotation in pencil by Henry Mousley identifies the species as: "Naia tripudians."

Blue and green snake on a branch

Item consists of a colour illustration depicting a long blue and green snake perched on a fruit tree branch, without caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted onto sheet.

A Variety in the Shooter Sun

Item consists of a colour illustration of a sea snake, among flowers. Figures have been cut out and pasted onto sheet, with background details drawn in. The caption describes the subject as "a large Water Snake, found in salt Marshy Grounds." An additional annotation in pencil by Henry Mousley identifies the species as: "Hydrophis obscurus."

A young Cobra de Capello in Guzerat

Item consists of a partial illustration of a cobra. Figure has been cut out and pasted onto sheet, with background details drawn in. The caption reads: "This is a variety in the Hooded Snakes of Hindostan; in which Mr. Russell remarks are many slight variations both in form and color. Copied J Forbes 1813." An additional annotation in pencil by Henry Mousley reads: "Naia tripudians imm.?"

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