Category:British Library India Office natural history drawings collection

English: "About 5,700 drawings, from c.1780 onwards. Most of these drawings were made in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when the flora and fauna of India and other parts of Asia were being identified and classified. Almost all are by Indian (or Chinese) artists working under British supervision or for British collectors, although a few are by British naturalists such as William Griffith. [The majority are from the subcontinent]; some are by Chinese artists in Canton, Sumatra or Malacca and relate to China or Southeast Asia." (British Library website)