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James Wales, ca.1747–1795, British, Great Indian Bustard, undated
- Title:
Great Indian Bustard
- Additional Title(s):
Bustard
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 10 1/2 × 8 5/8 inches (26.7 × 21.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, upper left: "Toagdar, P: | Hybarra A: | Carduck I: | Bustard E:"; inscribed on mount in pen and brown ink, center right: "Bustard"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.22309
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | beak | bird | Great Indian Bustard | wings (furniture components)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:17636
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Adapting the Eye: an archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-10-11 - 2011-12-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Holly Shaffer, Adapting the eye, An archive of the British in India, 1770-1830 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2011, p. 36, no. 135, V2359 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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