LOT DETAILS

Materials:

Pencil, ink, and watercolor with gum arabic heightened with touches of white on English paper

Size Notes:

Folio

Description:

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Markings:

watermarked 'J Whatman'; Inscribed in the bottom left corner: In the Collection of Lady Impey Calcutta / Painted by (Zayn al-Din) Native of Patna 1782; numbered 140 in pencil in the upper left corner; further inscribed in pencil in the lower left of the outer margin: Averrhoa Carambola L; also inscribed in pencil in the bottom center of the outer margin Yellow Throated Barbet; verso stamped with Sir Elijah Impey's seal.

Provenance:

Sir Elijah and Lady Impey (1732-1809),Phillips, London, 21 May 1810 ,Private UK Collection,Simon Ray Ltd, London, 16 October 2006