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Mandrill

Drawing of a Mandrill from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: West Africa.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Lion-tailed Macaque

Drawing of a Lion-tailed Macaque from a 18th century specimen [modern geographical distribution: Southern India.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Tufted Capuchin, Brown Capuchin

Drawing of a Tufted Capuchin and a Brown Capuchin from 18th century specimens [modern geographical distribution: South America.] Attributed to Peter Paillou.

Paillou, Peter, approximately 1720-approximately 1790

Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)

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)

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

Crested serpent-eagle (Spilornis cheela)

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

Bar-headed goose (Anser indicus)

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

Brown-headed gull (Chroicocephalus brunnicephalus)

Mounted painting of a white gull with brownish-gray head, red beak, and a few dark tail feathers, standing on flat ground with hills and water in the background. Inscription below painting in pencil and struck through in lower right corner reads, "Larus ridibundus."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)

Mounted painting of a pair of birds, one brown and spotted, the other dark brown and black (with beak open), perched on a branch over a river with dense foliage in the left background and flat ground with palms and a building in the right background. Inscription below painting reads, "Koels [with male and female glyphs] (eudynamys honorata)."

Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807

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