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Robert Jacob Gordon

149 works

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Drawing of a grey mole-rat with dark face and long claws resting on a wooden board, in a ruled border.

Georychus capensis (Cape mole-rat)

1777

Lepus saxatilis (?)

1777

Watercolor of an elephant shrew with a long snout and tail on grass, with a handwritten Dutch caption below.

Macroscelides proboscideus (Round-eared elephant shrew)

1779

Watercolor drawing of a leaping hare with brown back, pale belly and long ears, above a strip of green grass.

Pronolagus sp. (Karoo hare)

1777

Three watercolor studies of a golden mole in different poses on wooden boards, with a Dutch caption below.

Chrysochloris asiatica (Cape golden mole)

1777

Watercolor of an aardvark beside a termite mound in a dry landscape, with handwritten Dutch measurements above.

Orycteropus afer (Aardvark)

1777

Giraffa camelopardalis (Giraffe), skeleton

1779

Watercolour drawing of a yellow-billed stork with red face and black wings, with handwritten measurements and a scale bar.

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork)

1778

Hand-coloured drawing of a hamerkop bird with a crested head standing on sandy ground beside grass tufts.

Scopus umbreitta (Hamerkop)

1777

Hand-coloured drawing of a dark bald ibis with a red head and long curved pink bill standing on rocky ground.

Geronticus calvus (Southern bald ibis)

1778

Watercolor of a white stork with a yellow bill standing on rocky ground beside a small plant, with a scale ruler at right.

Mycteria ibis (Yellow-billed stork or Wood stork)

1778

Hand-colored drawing of two grey crowned cranes with golden crests standing on sandy ground beside tufts of grass.

Balearica regulorum (Grey crowned crane)

1777

Hand-coloured drawing of a blue heron with long pink legs standing on marsh ground beside grass, with a scale ruler at right.

Ardea cinerea (Grey heron)

1777

Watercolor of a pale blue crane with black tail plumes standing in grassland, with hills behind and a handwritten Dutch capti

Anthropoides paradisea (Blue crane or Stanley crane)

1777

Hand-coloured drawing of a standing man with a staff, beaded necklaces, crescent pendant and cloak, on grassy ground.

Mahote, chieftain of the Dange Xhosa

1776

Full-length painted drawing of a standing figure holding three spears and a knobkerrie, with beaded jewellery and a spotted s

Man holding three assegais and a knobkerrie

1776

Hand-colored drawing of a barefoot man running with a raised spear and several spears, wearing beads and bracelets.

Running man holding an assegai in his right hand and four assegais in his left

1776

Watercolour of a speckled Namaqua sandgrouse standing beside its dark egg on grass, with handwritten labels.

Pteroclurus namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse)

1778

Pteroclurus bicinctus (Double-banded sandgrouse)

1778

Pterocles namaqua (Namaqua sandgrouse)

1778

Watercolor drawing of a speckled brown buttonquail standing on grassy ground beside rocks and grass tufts.

Turnix hottentotta (Hottentot buttonquail)

1778

Hand-colored drawing of a grey-brown francolin standing on a green rock with pink legs and grass tufts, with handwritten labe

Francolinus capensis (Cape spurfowl or Cape francolin)

1778

Numida meleagris (Helmeted guineafowl)

1778

Struthio camelus (Struisvogel)

1777

Watercolor drawing of a ten-day-old ostrich chick on sandy ground with small plants and a scale ruler above.

Struthio camelus (Common ostrich)

1777

Watercolor drawing of a black southern korhaan bird standing on grass, with handwritten measurements and a scale ruler.

Afrotis afra (Southern black korhaan)

1778

Watercolour drawing of a wattled crane standing on rocky ground with grey neck, blue body and red bill.

Grus carunculatus/ Bugeranus carunculatus (Wattled crane

1777

Watercolor drawing of a black-headed white ibis with a curved beak standing in shallow water beside green grass.

Threskiornis aethiopicus (African sacred ibis)

1778

Watercolor drawing of a white egret with yellow bill and blue legs standing on sand beside reeds.

Ardea alba (Great egret)

1777

Hand-coloured drawing of a black-winged stilt with long pink legs standing among marsh grasses beside a lake.

Himantopus himantopus ? (Black-winged stilt)

1777

Watercolour drawing of a black and white pied avocet with upturned bill standing on a sandy shore by water.

Recurvirostra avosetta (Pied avocet)

1777

Watercolor drawing of a curve-billed wading bird with mottled brown wings standing on sandy shoreline, 1777.

Calidris ferruginea (Curlew sandpiper)

1777