John Fleming (1747-1829) was a surgeon who served in the Indian Medical Service in Bengal from 1768 to 1813. As with many physicians of the period he was very interested in botany. Fleming's particular interest was in plants of medical or economic use. This interest encouraged him to collect plants from many parts of India. For a period he was appointed Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden while William Roxburgh was on leave of absence. Fleming returned to England in 1813 and died in London in 1829.
Provenance
Maharaja Bahadur Sir P C Tagore,15 March,1934.
Period / Year of Work
1800
Dimensions
24.3x 27.8 cm
Brief Description
a)Upper jaw externally
b)Upper jaw internally
c)Under jaw externally
d)Under jaw internally
e)Section of the Snout at the dotted line in figure C
Drawing from a folio containing a collection of original
watercolour drawings of the mammals, birds and reptiles of India
chiefly of Bengal painted by Court painter of the King of Oudh
under supervision of Robert Home, John Fleming(naturalist).