Shaykh Zayn-al-Din, active 1777–1782, Indian, Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans), 1781
- Title:
- Asian Openbill Stork (Anastomus oscitans)
- Date:
- 1781
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 21 1/4 × 29 1/8 inches (54 × 74 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, upper left: "19"; in pen and brown ink, upper left: "38"; in pen and black ink, lower left: "[Persian script]"; in pen and brown ink, lower left: "In the collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta"
Collector's mark: Lord Derby (Lugt 720a)
Signed and dated in pen and ink, lower left: "Painted by [in Persian script: Gounghil] Native of Patna 1781"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2016.26
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bird | shell | stork
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:73008
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A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions, New Haven, 2017, p. 24, V2724 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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