- CA RBD MSG BW003-55
- Item
- between approximately 1800 and 1818
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of leaf with engraved illustrations of lizard and small bird pasted on. Background details are drawn in in pencil.
1247 results with digital objects Show results with digital objects
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of leaf with engraved illustrations of lizard and small bird pasted on. Background details are drawn in in pencil.
A young Snake of the Boa Tribe
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a colour illustration of a small boa, with some background details unfinished. Figures have been cut out and pasted onto sheet, with background details drawn in. The caption reads: "A young Snake of the Boa Tribe; of a harmless nature, and found in many parts of India." An additional annotation in pencil by Henry Mousley identifies the species as: "Distira jerdonii."
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of leaf with engraved illustration of crocodile pasted on. Background details are drawn in in pencil.
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
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."
A young Cobra de Capello in Guzerat
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
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.?"
Black-winged Stilt, Common Kingfisher, and Sarus Crane
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of one page featuring three colour illustrations of birds cut out and pasted on leaf. The birds are identified by later handwritten pencil captions. The birds are identified in the captions as: Black-winged Stilt (Himantopus himantopus), Common Kingfisher (Alcedo atthis), and Sarus Crane (Megaloris antigone). An additional note indicates that the drawing of the crane corresponds to volume II, page 288 of Forbes's "Oriental Memoirs" (the "Sahras or Demoiselle of Guzerat.")
A variety of the Indian Certhia
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a pencil and partially coloured illustration of a red and blue bird poised on a branch, with identification and description in pen in contemporary hand: A variety of the Indian Certhia; with different Trees and Shrubs on Salsette. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.
Another variety of the Indian Certhia
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a pencil and partially coloured illustration of a reddish brown bird with black wings poised on a branch and a flying insect, with description in pen in contemporary hand: Another variety of the Certhia, with wild Forest Plants, and Insects, in the Concan. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a pencil illustration, mostly coloured, featuring a bird with blue head, black throat, olive wings, and yellow underside perched on a tree branch, alongside a brown moth. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of colour illustration of a red-crested cardinal (Brazilian cardinal) perched on a branch with white and pink blossoms, alongside pale coloured butterfly. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.