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  1. Lot no 15.

    'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.

    Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.

    This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India

    Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
    curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.

    Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
    #Art #Heritage #History

  2. Lot no 15.

    'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.

    Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.

    This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India

    Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
    curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.

    Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
    #Art #Heritage #History

  3. Lot no 15.

    'A Painted Stork (Mycteria Leucocephala) eating a Snail'.

    Dated 1781 AD #CompanyPainting signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar.

    This #CompanySchool #Painting is also from #ImpeyAlbum of #LadyImpey of #Calcutta #Bengal #India

    Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition
    curated by #WilliamDalrymple at #WallaceMuseum from 3rd Dec. 2019 to 13th Sept. 2020.

    Previous owners include, amongst others, #JacquelineKennedyOnassis, wife of the slain US president.
    #Art #Heritage #History

  4. Lot no 13.

    'A #Malabar Giant Squirrel (Rutufa Indica) in an Almond Tree'.
    #CompanyPainting dated 1778 AD signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar
    From the #ImpeyAlbum, this #Painting was commissioned by Lady Impey of #Calcutta #Bengal
    Zayn's #Bird & #Animal subjects were almost always painted from life, on the English Whatman paper, using European watercolors.
    Of the 326 #Paintings brought back to England by the Impeys in 1783, 17 were of animals.
    Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition.

  5. Lot no 13.

    'A #Malabar Giant Squirrel (Rutufa Indica) in an Almond Tree'.
    #CompanyPainting dated 1778 AD signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar
    From the #ImpeyAlbum, this #Painting was commissioned by Lady Impey of #Calcutta #Bengal
    Zayn's #Bird & #Animal subjects were almost always painted from life, on the English Whatman paper, using European watercolors.
    Of the 326 #Paintings brought back to England by the Impeys in 1783, 17 were of animals.
    Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition.

  6. Lot no 13.

    'A #Malabar Giant Squirrel (Rutufa Indica) in an Almond Tree'.
    #CompanyPainting dated 1778 AD signed by Shaykh Zayn al-Din of #Patna #Bihar
    From the #ImpeyAlbum, this #Painting was commissioned by Lady Impey of #Calcutta #Bengal
    Zayn's #Bird & #Animal subjects were almost always painted from life, on the English Whatman paper, using European watercolors.
    Of the 326 #Paintings brought back to England by the Impeys in 1783, 17 were of animals.
    Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition.