- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749–1819
- Title(s):
- The Veuva, or Widow-Bird; at the Brazils; on a branch of the Soap-Tree: of the natural size. J. Forbes
- Date:
- 1767?
- 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 2, page 131
- 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 red, white, and black bird perched on a branch with two fruits and several leaves. The Latin name is given as Emberiza Paradisoea (current name uncertain).
- Additional Notes:
- The image is not fixed to the page.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 32 x 28 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/3199380
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199380?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1