LOT DETAILS

Materials:

gouache on thick cream paper

Measurements:

18.74 in. (47.60 cm.) (height) by 12.64 in. (32.10 cm.) (width)

Markings:

inscribed in nasta’liq script in black ink and numbered '583'

Exhibited:

The Lucknow Menagerie, Natural History Drawings from the Collection of Claude Martin (1735-1800), Niall Hobhouse, Walpole Gallery, London, 2001

Literature:

Antiques Trade Gazette, London, 20 September 1997. London 2001, under footnote 9a

Provenance:

Commissioned by Major-General Claude Martin, Lucknow (1735-1800). Christie’s, London, 30 September 1997, lot 13