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Call Number:
Folio A 2023 69
Creator:
Forbes, James, 1749-1819
Title(s):
Descriptive Letters, and Drawings. Volume the Ninth, [title page]
Date:
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 9, page 3
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:
Bottom of page: a quotation from Samuel Johnson, beginning, "The Traveller has a mind replete with images, which he can vary and combine at pleasure."
Physical Description:
1 page
Genre:
Botanical illustrations, Ornithological illustrations, Travel sketches, Maps, Watercolors (paintings), 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/3199788
Metadata Cloud URL:
https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199788?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1