- CA MUA MG 1022-1-001-0002
- Item
- 12 August 1801
Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds
Letter from Alexander Dow to William Rankin. Consists of printed form letter with handwritten additions.
Dow, Alexander
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Part of Dawson-Harrington Families Fonds
Letter from Alexander Dow to William Rankin. Consists of printed form letter with handwritten additions.
Dow, Alexander
Brahminy Kite (Haliastur indus)
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
Booted eagle (Hieraaetus pennatus)
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
Indian spot-billed duck (Anas poecilorhyncha)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a brown duck with dark back and spotted neck, yellow beak, light and dark and green tail feathers, standing on flat rock by the water with reeds and plants. Inscription in lower right corner reads, "Anas" with another faint inscription, "The male and female are both?"
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Indian pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a small white and beige heron in breeding plumage with darker, red back feathers, in sparse landscape with rocks, minimal foliage, and some mountains in right distance. Inscription at bottom left, on painted ground reads, "Pond Heron or Paddy Bird (ardeola grayi)."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting of a grey heron, with grey-spotted white neck and head, darker back feathers, with grey feathers at top of head. no background. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Common Heron [female glyph] {ardea cinerea)," with "Ardea major" pencilled in lower right corner.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Intermediate egret (Ardea intermedia)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Mounted painting of a white egret in foreground, and six egrets in various poses in middle ground, on edge of river. Full background, with large trees, buildings, and people in boat in the distance.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Striated Heron (Butorides striatus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting of a smaller heron, with a grey-green body with some striped feathers and neck spots, no background. Inscription at bottom left reads, "Little Green Heron (Butorides javanica)," and at bottom right, "Adrea."
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Lesser Adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Smaller framed painting of a stork with pale head, orange neck, white underbelly and heavy black back and tail feathers.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807
Indian pond-heron (Ardeola grayii)
Part of Gwillim Collection
Painting of a small brown heron with spots along the chest and lighter belly, in non-breeding plumage. Very detailed foreground and marshy landscape, with water and reeds in the background, elaborate and likely specific types of plants along the front.
Gwillim, Elizabeth, 1763-1807