Forbes, James, 1749-1819, The Scarlet Bird, a pleasant Songster at the Cape of Good-Hope with the Protea-Argentea, or Silver Tree, common in that part of Africa. J. Forbes 1776, 1776
- Call Number:
- Folio A 2023 69
- Creator:
- Forbes, James, 1749-1819
- Title(s):
- The Scarlet Bird, a pleasant Songster at the Cape of Good-Hope with the Protea-Argentea, or Silver Tree, common in that part of Africa. J. Forbes 1776
- Date:
- 1776
- 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 123
- 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 dark red bird perched on the branch of a tree with silverish leaves and cones. No Latin name is given for the bird; the tree is identified as Protea-Argentea (see Leucadendron argenteum).
- Additional Notes:
- The image is closely cropped and pasted into the volume.
- Physical Description:
- 1 drawing : watercolor and gouache with pen and ink ; 21 x 20 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
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199813
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/3199813?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1