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NHD59

Record Id:
032-003264855
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-003264855
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100028181445.0x000518
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
Reference (shelfmark):
NHD59
Title:

Red Avadavat (a pair, on a branch). Artist(s): Ram Das (fl. 1777-1782)

Scope & Content:

Red Avadavat (a pair, on a branch)

‘Amandava amandava’

Original inscriptions: [Inscribed on front in nastaliq] ‘La‘l o munya’. [in English] ‘In the collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta. Painted by Ram Das Native of Patna’ [in nastaliq] ‘Ramdas.’ [inscribed on back of mount: ‘Amaduvade Finch. Aamaduvade Finch. La. Syn. J. p.311. Fringilla amandave Lin. LXXXVI.’

Further inscriptions:

Artist: Ram Das

Medium: Watercolour

Size: 474mm by 335mm

Note: From the collection of Lady Impey. Presented by Edwin Binney III, 30 November 1969.

This drawing formed part of the Impey Collection at the Linnaean Society which was sold at Sotheby's in June 1963. Sir Elijah and Lady Impey, while living in Calcutta from 1774 to 1782, employed several Indian artists, including Shaykh Zayn al-Din, Ram Das and Bhawani Das, all 'natives of Patna', to make natural history drawings for them. Their collection became dispersed but until 1963 sixty-three drawings were preserved in the Linnaean Society. (See also Add.Or.4667.)

Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Project / Collection:
Impey Collection
Natural History Drawings
Hierarchy Tree:
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-003264855
Is part of:
not applicable
Hierarchy:
032-003264855
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 Item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
Not applicable
Scripts:
Not applicable
Styles:
Bengal style
Calcutta style
Eastern India style
Start Date:
1777
End Date:
1782
Date Range:
1777-1782
Era:
CE
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Physical Characteristics:

Medium: watercolour

Material Type:
Prints, Drawings and Paintings
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
Das, Ram, artist, fl 1777-1782
Subjects:
Animals
Birds