Garcinia_Mangostana;_Booah_Mangies;_Boorong_Merbo_(William_Farquhar_Collection,_1819–1823).jpg
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Summary
English: Garcinia Mangostana; Booah Mangies; Boorong Merbo. ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
Unknown author
Unknown author
(anonymous Chinese artist).
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Title |
English:
Garcinia Mangostana; Booah Mangies; Boorong Merbo.
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Description |
English:
A
watercolour
drawing of the
zebra dove
or barred ground dove (
Geopelia striata
, known in
Malay
as the
burung merbuk
) perched on a
purple mangosteen
(
Garcinia mangostana
; Malay
buah manggis
) branch. It is one of 477 natural history drawings of plants and animals of
Malacca
and
Singapore
commissioned by
William Farquhar
.
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Date |
between 1819 and 1823
date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1819-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1823-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium |
watercolor
on
paper
medium QS:P186,Q22915256;P186,Q11472,P518,Q861259
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Dimensions |
height: 46 cm (18.1 in); width: 30 cm (11.8 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,46U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,30U174728
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q632689
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Current location | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accession number |
Royal Asiatic Society
: RAS016.317;
National Museum of Singapore
: SHM1995.2988.
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Object history |
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Inscriptions | Front : "Garcinia Mangostana / Booah Mangies / Boorong Merbo". Back : "Bua Mangies / Burong Murbo". Watermark on paper : "Neckinger Mills 1796". Also bears the stamp of the Royal Asiatic Society. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | "Drawings of Birds from Malacca" no. 57 in the Royal Asiatic Society's collection. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
References |
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Source/Photographer | [1] . |
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