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Call Number:
Folio A 2023 69
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749-1819
Title(s):
The Minah, on a Branch of the Malacca-Jamboo. 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 213
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 black and yellow bird perched on a branch with several pink blossoms and fruits. An insect flies nearby. The Latin name for the tree is given as Eugenia Malaccensis (see Syzygium malaccense) and the Latin name for the bird is given as Sturnus Indicus, Minor (see possibly Acridotheres tristis). Bottom of page: a quotation from Edmund Waller's "The Battle of the Summer's Islands," beginning, "Ripe Fruits and Blossoms on the same Tree live."
Additional Notes:
Some of the image is closely cropped and pasted into the volume; some of the image is drawn directly on the page.
Physical Description:
1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 28 x 27 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 drawings
Forbes, James, 1749-1819. Oriental memoirs
Associated Places:
England
Italy
Scotland
Wales
Associated People/Groups:
East India Company
Forbes, James, 1749-1819
Finding Aid Title:
James Forbes archive
Archival Object:
https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199405
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199405?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1