A crocodile encountered in the Hooghly river. Watercolour attributed to M. Harris.

  • Harris, Moses, 1730-approximately 1788.
Date:
1700-1799
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576813i
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A crocodile encountered in the Hooghly river. Watercolour attributed to M. Harris. Wellcome Collection. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Previous title, replaced May 2021: An alligator. Watercolour, ca. 1920.

Publication/Creation

1700-1799

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1 painting : watercolour ; image 6.5 x 43.5 cm

Lettering

The Comeer or aligator of Bengal. At the mouth of the river Hughly. 17 feet long.

Notes

Title devised by cataloguer. Date inferred from catalogue of the sale of the museum of John Coakley Lettsom held on 2 May 1816, which described "Lot 50 Ditto [Drawings, Landscapes, &c. in colours], the Comeer or Aligator of Bengal - Gurrial of the Ganges, &c. high finished drawings, in colours, by Mos. Harris, &c."

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Wellcome Collection 576813i

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