Forbes, James, 1749–1819, Dorado, or Dolphin, redrawn between 1794 and 1800
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749–1819
- Title(s):
- Dorado, or Dolphin
- Date:
- redrawn between 1794 and 1800
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Series I: A voyage from England to Bombay with descriptions in Asia, Africa, and South America
- Part of Collection:
- volume 1, page 269
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- The collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Curator of Rare Books and Manuscripts.
- Scope and Content:
- The image shows a multi-color fish without surrounding illustration. Forbes includes the Latin label as "Delphinus; Coryphaena Hippuris - Lin." (see Coryphaena hippurus). Bottom of page: a quotation from William Falconer's "The Shipwreck," beginning, "Not equal beauties gild the lucid West, With parting beams all o'er profusely drest."
- Additional Notes:
- The image is drawn directly on the page.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 9 x 29 cm
- Genre:
- Watercolors (paintings), Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Drawings (visual works), Engravings (prints), and Portraits
- Subject Terms:
- Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Descriptive letters and drawingsForbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
- Associated Places:
- EnglandItalyScotlandWales
- Associated People/Groups:
- East India CompanyForbes, James, 1749-1819
- Finding Aid Title:
- James Forbes archive
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11734.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199320
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199320?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1