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We are recruiting for a cataloguer of South Asian natural history drawings (3 month post) working with our amazing collections of ornithological and entomology drawings. Applications close January 2, 2023. https://t.co/bBmqhOLkMX

Happy #WorldMusicDay! Here is a tinted drawing of a woman playing a sitar, #Mughal, c. 1740
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A couple small spiny animals from our collection

NHD1/17 – Landak padi, a long tailed #porcupine from Sumatra, 1784-1808
NHD3/515 - #Hedgehog, c. 1804-1805

Watercolour drawing of an Indian Paradise-Flycatcher 'Terpsiphone paradisi’
#birds #naturalhistory
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Celebrating the art of the book with this watercolour drawing of a bookbinder at work #WorldBookDay

BL Add Or 1111, 1798-1804

Posthumous portrait of Chand Bibi of Ahmadnagar (d.1599) who became queen regent of Bijapur after her husband ‘Ali ‘Adil Shah I’s death & who defended her city against Mughal forces #WomenInHistory #WomensHistoryMonth

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A squirrel with a large nut, standing on a ground with mountainous background, and a study of one of its feet, by an unknown South Asian artist, c. 1821

#WorldScienceDay

Flying #squirrels, one climbing a tree, the other leaping

Watercolour, c. 1820
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#animals #naturalhistory

Chand Bibi hawking, #Hyderabad, c. 1800. Posthumous portrait of Chand Bibi of Ahmadnagar who became queen regent of Bijapur upon her husband ‘Ali ‘Adil Shah I’s death in 1580

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#DidYouKnow that when the India Museum was dispersed in 1879 botanical drawings were sent to @kewgardens with duplicates going to Edinburgh @TheBotanics

The BL also houses natural history works from the India Museum. Here’s one with some furry friends NHD1/19 #CollectionsUnited