Sharad MohanNov 25, 2022

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

Sharad MohanNov 25, 2022

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.

Sharad MohanNov 25, 2022

Lot no 7.

'A Trooper of #SkinnersHorse'.
c1815 AD #CompanyPainting from #Hansi #Haryana #FraserAlbum, estimated £80,000-120,000.
Commissioned by Brothers William & James Fraser to Depict Local Life in #Delhi.
James was Friends with the #AngloIndian Col. James Skinner of the Famous Irregular Cavalry Corps of Skinner's Horse while William was offered Rank of a Major in the Corp which he Accepted with the Permission of #EastIndiaCompany Resident Sir Charles Metcalfe.
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters

Sharad MohanNov 25, 2022
Lot no 5 of the Carlton Rochelle Collection of #CompanySchool #Paintings from #India sold by Sotheby's.
'An Open-Bill Asian Stork (Anastomus Oscitans).
c1780 #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh
Estimated between £60,000-80,000.
This #Bird is commonly found in Freshwater Marshes, Shallow Lakes & Paddy Fields of the #IndianSubContinent
Made for an unknown official of the #EastIndiaCompany
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition at #WallaceMuseum curated by #WilliamDalrymple
Sharad MohanNov 25, 2022
Lot no 3.
'A Lesser Adjutant Stork (Leptoptilos Javanicus).
c1775 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow estimated £60,000-80,000.
This #Painting was in the collection of Claude Martin (1735-1800) who was then in service of Nawab Asaf ud-Daula
as a Major General of the Army of #EastIndiaCompany which he had joined in 1760, switching over from French Compagnie des Indies.
In 1770's he imported 17,000 sheets of European paper on which such paintings were made.
Exhibited: #ForgottenMasters Exhibition.
Sharad MohanNov 24, 2022
The Carlton Rochelle Collection of #CompanyPaintings was auctioned by Sotheby's on 27th Oct 2021.
It was one of the largest sale of #CompanySchool #Paintings.
Lot no 1.
c1800-20 'A Silk Cotton Tree (Bombax Ceiba)' #Painting from #Calcutta (#Kolkata) #Bengal #India
Legend has it that #Brahma of #Mahabharata Rested under this Tree (known as'Seemal') after Creating the World.
Exhibited: '#ForgottenMasters : #Indian #Paintings for the #EastIndiaCompany' at #WallaceMuseum 3rd Dec 2019-13th Sept 2020.