Forbes, James, 1749–1819, A very small GUANA, with the Gloriosa-Superba, a species of Martagon, which grows wild at Bombay. J. Forbes 1768, 1768
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Holdings:
- [Request]
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749–1819
- Title(s):
- A very small GUANA, with the Gloriosa-Superba, a species of Martagon, which grows wild at Bombay. J. Forbes 1768
- Date:
- 1768
- 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 173
- 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 lizard on a patch of grass, next to a large, flowering plant and a small shrub with a beetle on it. The Latin name for the plant is given as Gloriosa-Superba (see Gloriosa superba); no Latin name is given for the lizard.
- Additional Notes:
- The image is pasted into the volume.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 26 x 22 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/3199390
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199390?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1