- CA RBD Piranesi-009
- Item
- 1800-1809
Part of Carceri d’invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
Print of an etching of a doorway and a large wheel. Some figures on stairs below doorway, and at base of wheel.
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Part of Carceri d’invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
Print of an etching of a doorway and a large wheel. Some figures on stairs below doorway, and at base of wheel.
Plate X, Prisoners on a Projecting Platform
Part of Carceri d’invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
Print of an etching of a large stone archway, with bridges and walkways in the background, with figures at the edge of a platform.
Part of Carceri d’invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
Print of an etching of large archways, with an entryway into a building or tunnel. Includes some ladders and small figures.
Plate XV, The Pier with A Lamp
Part of Carceri d’invenzione di G. Battista Piranesi Archit. Vene.
Print of an etching of a pillar between two large arches, with other arches, stairs, and bridges in the background. The pillar has a lamp on it, and is decorated with sculptures of heads with large metal rings in their mouths.
The Nest of the Bottle Sparrow
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a colour drawing of a sparrow poised on a gum arabic tree branch next to a butterfly (eggfly or blue moon butterfly) in flight, with identification and description in pen in contemporary hand: "The Nest of the Bottle Sparrow on a Branch of the Baubul Tree with the Purpled Eyed Butterfly." Additional later pencil notes provide additional identification for the butterfly, "Hypolimnas bolina Linn [India])," and indicate that the image corresponds to Forbes's Oriental Memoirs, 1813, volume 1, page 48. Also contains additional annotations by Henry Mousley with citations and speculation as to the origin of the butterfly (New Zealand).
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a colour illustration of an owl poised on a branch, with description in pen in contemporary hand: A small White owl, of the natural size: drawn and colored from Nature, on the Island of Salsette. 1783. Figure has been cut out and pasted on sheet with background details pencilled in.
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a colour illustration of a type of raptor, possibly a brahminy kite, perched on a branch. No caption. Figure has been cut out and pasted onto sheet.
Black, red-throated bird with fruit
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a colour illustration of a black bird with red throat and chest perched among yellow fruit. No caption. Figures have been cut out and pasted on sheet.
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
Item consists of a colour illustration of a green bird with red head, white throat, and dark tailfeathers, perched on a branch. No caption. Figure has been cut out and pasted on sheet.
Part of James Forbes Zoological Drawings
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."