Yale Center for British Art
Creator:
Smith, Christopher Webb, 1793-1871
Title:
The feathered game of Hindostan : the birds introduced in pairs, covies, or otherwise as in nature, accompanied with appropriate scenery / the birds by Christopher Webb Smith, Esqr. ; the landscapes by Sir Charles D'Oyly, Bart.
Alternate Title(s):
Feathered game of India
Published / Created:
[Patna] : [Behar amateur lithographic press], [1828]
Physical Description:
[12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 25 x 36 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:1259326
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Lithographs are mounted on cream-colored paper. The birds are colored while the scenery is not colored.
Contents:
The black partridge -- The common quail -- The large Indian grouse -- The pin tail'd grouse -- The double spurr'd partridge -- The chuckore -- The snipe -- The rain quail -- The button quail -- The fire eater -- The grey partridge -- The hill partridge.
Subject Terms:
Game and game-birds -- India. | Birds in art. | Behar amateur lithographic press -- Publisher
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored -- 1828.
Contributors:
D'Oyly, Charles, 1781–1845, ill. | Behar Lithographic Press (Patna, India), publisher.