Box MS-033 Box 2
Contains 37 Results:
Series 1: Art
Sub-Series 2: Preparatory drawings and sketches
Untitled -- Large birds of prey, Undated
Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling birds of prey
Untitled -- Passeriformes 1/2, Undated
Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling crows, fantails, and bulbuls, starlings, sparrows, warblers, dippers, flycatchers, and finches.
Untitled -- Pelecaniformes, Undated
Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling Herons and Ibises
Untitled -- Preparatory drawings of parrots 2/2, Undated
Various cut-out drawings of parrots on tracing paper, likely in preparation for Parrots of the World
Untitled -- Preparatory drawings for Book of Indian Birds, Undated
Various cut-out drawings of unnamed birds prepared for the Book of Indian Birds publication
Untitled -- Preparatory drawing, layouts, Undated
Layout planning and framing for bird illustrations by Carl D'Silva
Untitled -- Preprints from publication, Undated
Copies of final draft of bird plates sent for publication
Untitled -- Strigiformes 1/2, Undated
Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds resembling owls
Untitled -- Miscellaneous sketches 1/5, Undated
Cut-out drawings of unnamed birds pinned together by Carl D'Silva and those similar in features and posture.
Sub-Series 3: Studies (Sketches, Drawings, and Paintings)
Untitled -- Oil pastel drawings, 1974-1975
11 oil pastel drawings inlcuding paintings of blue jay, golden oriole, tiger, barbet, a few still life captures and more.
Untitled -- Automobiles, 15 February 1977
1 grainy black drawing paper illustrating a speeding Ford 30 ahead of other cars.
Untitled -- Sketchbook 3/4, 1984 - 1987
Sheets with list of birds, designing logo for hornbill, mammals, layouts for chart on bird ringing and movement of waterfowl in India, scribbles from Sailana and more
Untitled -- Sketchbook 4/4, 1976 - 1977
Folder contains a sketchbook with landscape drawings, typography, character drawings, sketches of birds, acquatic animals, and cars (Mercury Cougar and Dodge Charger)
Untitled -- Charcoal sketches, ca. 2005
8 sheets with charcoal sketched of birds such as Black-headed ibis, cranes, owls, and others. Also includes sketches exploring reflection.
Untitled -- Study of bird features, postures, and movement 2/9, 1984
Pen sketches of birds spotted in Hyderabad includes Black Stork, Pied Hornbill, White-Throated Laughingthrush, Great Hornbill, and mammals resembling a deer and a horse.
Untitled -- Study of bird features, postures, and movement 3/9, 1985, 1986
Pen sketches with notes on great grey shrike, black-winged stilt, female bustard, short-toed eagle and more
Untitled -- Study of bird features, postures, and movement 5/9, 9 January 1986
5 sheets of brush pen and ink sketches studying the behavior of the Great Indian Bustard in a threatening and preening pose
Untitled -- Study of bird features, postures, and movement 6/9, 1989
Study of birds in Ahmedabad, includes Pond Heron, Pied Hornbill, and a fox spotted at Sundervan and CEE.
Untitled -- Study of bird features, postures, and movement 7/9, 16 March 1992 - 27 April 1992
Himalaya Sketchbook, 1992, Contains landscape drawings and observational drawings of birds spotted at BNHS and a landscape drawing of Corbett National Park
Untitled -- Study of bird features, postures, and movement 8/9, 2005
Sketchbook - Bird study and Doodles, Consists of rough pencil and pen sketches of birds, noticeably the Great Blue Heron. Also includes pencil doodles and outlines of animals in motion.
Untitled -- Study of bird features, postures, and movement 9/9, Undated
Unfinished sketches studying the wing of a Pied Kingfisher and Hoopoe, and White-Breasted Kingfisher; neck and eyes of an owl, posture of a shrike and a unidentifiable mammal.
Sub-Series 4: Logos, signatures and other promotional material
Untitled -- Stylised signature for Salim Ali, 9 April 1987
One positive, a postcard, and a receipt for stylised signatures of Salim Ali by Carl D'Silva
Untitled -- Promotional material for D'Silva Fine Art Studio, Undated
Folder Contains logo designed by Carl D'Silva for himself and pamphlets for the D'Silva Fine Art studio including advertising for collectibles called 'twitters'
Untitled -- Logo designs for Conservation Action Group, Undated
Logo drafts by Carl D'Silva for Conservation Action Group
Untitled -- Visiting Cards, Carl D'Silva, Undated
Folder contains visiting cards for Carl D'Silva's studios.
Series 2: Ornithological research
Sub-Series 1: Notebooks, journals and other documents
Untitled -- Notebook, Gir National Park, August 1987
Folder contains notebook with notes and sketches of bird sightings in and around the Gir National Park in Gujarat. Some birds sketched include Lesser Flamingoes and Red-Headed Falcon. There is also a mention of spotting a maned lion.
List of birds to be drawn for a monograph, ca. 1988
A list of waterbirds and landbirds specimens borrowed by Carl D'Silva for an unknown project.
Notebook - Carambolim checklist and Ahmedabad, 1989 - 1992
Contains notebook with notes from visit to Zuari Agro Chemicals Estate in Ahmedabad in 1989 along with various bird sightings, quick sketches and observations in Carambolim in 1991. Contains addresses and contacts.
Kerala '90, 1990
Notebook contains bird sightings at Thekkady, sketch of a few birds including Kerala Laughing Thrush and a Yellow Cheeked-Tit spotted near the filming site of 'Electric Moon', a few quick sketches of landscape, boulders, and a tour bus titled 'Machan'. Also includes planning for a river bed on route to Delakhari in Madhya Pradesh.
Untitled -- Stylised signature for S. A. Hussain, Undated
Folder contains letterhead designed by Carl D'Silva for ornithologist SA Hussain