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Watercolor page of betel leaves, a fruiting sprig, and a halved nut with Dutch handwritten notes, by Jan Brandes, 1783.

Methodes voor het maken van sirih

1783

Watercolor of a speckled cuckoo with a barred tail perched on a branch against a pale blue sky, in an album page.

Hollandse koekoek

1770

Hand-coloured drawing of a Ceylon slow loris with large eyes and long limbs, with Dutch handwritten notes above on a sketchbo

Ceylonse luiaard

1786

Watercolor page of a flea shown externally in brown tones and below in a transparent anatomical view with internal organs.

Hollandse vrouwenvlooi

1770

Watercolor of a green grasshopper with long antennae on a page, with pencil underdrawing above and a Dutch caption below.

Javaanse sprinkhaan

1783

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a winged insect with spread wings and feathery antennae on a manuscript page.

Vliegje

1770

Watercolor page of a mushroom, grey mites, and a pale larva, with a pencil mite sketch and Dutch handwritten notes.

Champignonswormen

1770

Watercolor drawing of three small insects, a green grasshopper, and a pink carnation with handwritten Dutch labels on a page.

Hollandse kever en Javaanse rijstsprinkhaan

1770

Watercolor page of a praying mantis, several bees, and a hive sketch with handwritten Dutch notes, by Jan Brandes, 1783.

Javaanse bijen en sprinkhaan

1783

Watercolor drawing of a striped Ceylon squirrel sitting upright on sand, with a handwritten title and date on the album page.

Ceylons eekhoorntje

1785

Watercolour drawing of a three-masted West Indiaman under full sail on a calm sea, from an album page.

West-Indiëvaarder onder zeil

1779

Grey wash drawing of a ship's hull and ornate stern in a bound sketchbook, the rest of the page left blank.

Romp van een schip

1779

Watercolor drawing of coaches and riders on a winding road through hills, with handwritten travel notes above.

Reis van Falmouth naar Truro

1778

Watercolor drawing of a white house and outbuildings by a harbor shore, with a grassy hill and fields behind, from an album.

Huis in de haven van Falmouth

1778

Pencil sketches of several monkeys in different poses on pale paper, with handwritten text along the left margin.

Apen

1778

Watercolour sketch of a winding mountain pass with a red clay track, sandy slopes and a small farmhouse, with Dutch handwritt

Kloof door Hottentots Holland naar de Overberg

1786

Watercolor of a small bird with chestnut head, yellow throat and long blue tail perched on a branch, with handwritten notes.

Kleine vogel op tak

1785

Pencil sketch of a flat-topped mountain range in a sketchbook page numbered 69, with a handwritten note below.

Gezicht op Kaap de Goede Hoop

1786

Twee portretten van Roosje

1779

Pencil and ink sketch of a glass cabinet with plan and elevation views and Dutch handwritten notes on an album page.

Glastang en plattegrond

1779

Watercolor of an elephant held in a wooden rope frame beside a tree, with attendants working around it.

Olifantenstal

1786

Watercolor drawing of a black, white and rust-breasted songbird perched on the ground, with Dutch handwritten inscription abo

Kaapse vogel

1786

Watercolor of a black and white wagtail beside orange fruits, one cut open showing red flesh, on a sketchbook page.

Wagtail with Fruit

1785

Zeelieden en indeling van een schip

1779

Watercolor sketch of an elephant seen from behind with three men riding on its back, on a sketchbook page.

Inbinden van een olifant

1785

Watercolor drawing of men in a wooden stockade roping and restraining a wild elephant, with handwritten text on the page.

Restraining a Wild Elephant

1785

Watercolor of tame elephants leading a bound wild elephant out of a wooden stockade, with men handling ropes and logs.

A Bound Elephant being led from the Last Section of the trap, the Prison Corral

1785

Watercolor of tamed elephants roped together beside a tall wooden elephant trap, with men on platforms and handlers on the gr

De jacht op olifanten

1785

Watercolor of three elephants seen from behind in a timber stable, with mahouts on their backs and workers pulling ropes.

Taming a Wild Elephant in the Temporary Stable, rear view

1785

Watercolor sketch of a man in a loincloth holding up a large patterned parasol, with a folded parasol below and notes.

Singalees met zonnescherm. Ingeklapt zonnescherm. Rug olifant met tuig

1785

Vrouw in kleermakerszit

1770

Handwritten notebook page in Dutch with pencil lists of chests, cabinets and bottles, page number 491 at top right.

Opzet voor een schilderij

1784

Watercolor coat of arms with red shield, silver battlements and bees, crowned helmet, and handwritten Dutch blazon below.

Stamboom van Henrich Brandes

1760

Pen and watercolor sketch of a crowned knight in armour on a horse with pink and gold trappings, holding a lance.

Schets van een ridder te paard

1755

Sketchbook page with pen drawing of bird legs tied with rope in lower right, mostly blank paper, page number 80.

Boom met touw

1785

Watercolor of three Cape birds on an album page: a grey finch, a red-headed bird on a branch, and a brown lark below.

Kaapse vogels

1786

Cockatoo from Ambon

1784

Pencil sketch of a crested cockatoo with spread wings on a page in a bound album.

Ambonse kaketoe

1784

Watercolour sketchbook page with four green long-tailed parakeets perched on branches, shown in several views.

Dwergpapagaaien

1785

Watercolor page of red, green and white parrots and a cockatoo on branches, with Dutch handwritten labels, dated 1784.

Birds from Ambon

1784

Watercolor botanical study of striped serrated leaves and a flower spike with handwritten Dutch notes on an album page.

Poedak, Javaanse bloem

1785

Pen and watercolour drawing of two Javanese birds on a branch, one with a red head and dark wings, from a 1784 album page.

Javaanse vogels

1784

Pen and ink map on a book page showing rivers, towns, and dotted routes between Doetinchem and Venlo.

Kaart van de streek tussen Doetinchem en Venlo

1770

Watercolour interior by Jan Brandes showing a woman and two men trading from clay pots, with a caged bird and Dutch text abov

Boterhandel op Ceylon

1785

Pencil sketch of buildings, a church spire and a tree on a sketchbook page with Dutch handwritten notes.

Voorstudie van een gezicht op Galle

1785

Pen and watercolour sketch of a ship's cabin with a paned window, wooden railing and grey sail, beside a handwritten note.

Deel van het scheepsdek van een VOC-schip

1785

Sketchbook page with pencil riders on horses and donkeys above watercolor studies of seabirds in flight, with Dutch notes.

Vertelling over man en ezel. Zeevogels

1778

Sketchbook page with watercolor and pencil studies of seabirds in flight, annotated with Dutch notes on size and plumage.

Seabirds

1778

Sketchbook page with watercolor studies of crickets, cockroaches, grasshoppers, a caterpillar and cocoon, labeled in handwrit

Insecten

1783

Watercolor of a green grasshopper in side view with brown wings and long antennae, on a sketchbook page with handwritten note

Sprinkhaan

1784

Pencil study on a notebook page of a gecko foot with magnified toe pad and claw details and Dutch annotations.

Poot van tjitjak of huisgekko

1784

Watercolor drawing of two grasshoppers on an album page, one green and one brown, with handwritten Dutch labels.

Indonesische sprinkhanen

1784

Two watercolor drawings of a leaf insect on a sketchbook page, with a handwritten Dutch caption below.

Het Vliegende blad

1778

Watercolor of a spider head with eight eyes, plus a small sketch and handwritten Dutch notes on an album page.

Spinnenkoppen

1785

Pencil sketch of a herd of elephants on a horizon with a tree at right and a handwritten Dutch note on the page.

Kudde olifanten

1785

Naakte man met stok

1787

Pencil drawing of a standing nude woman with one arm outstretched, surrounded by grid lines and handwritten measurement notes

Naaktstudies van vrouw en man

1787

Pencil and wash drawing of a nude male figure seen from behind, one arm extended, with faint grid lines.

Naaktstudies van vrouw en man, op de rug gezien

1787

Pencil drawing of a seated female nude with bowed head and bent legs, drawn on tinted paper inside a ruled mount.

Seated Female Nude

1787

Naaktstudies van man en vrouw

1787

Pen drawing of a garden labyrinth with winding paths, a domed pavilion at the centre and two gates at the bottom.

Labyrint

1770

Pen drawing of a garden labyrinth in plan view with a small gazebo at the center and steps at the entrance.

Labyrint

1788

Aged page of pen and wash perspective diagrams with handwritten notes, tree sketches, a horizon line and a scale bar.

Nieuwe smeltlamp die metalen doet smelten door middel van stoom of spiritus

1799

Pencil sketch of a horsefly seen from above with spread wings and annotations on a notebook page.

Horzel

1770