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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan

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Lot no 18.

Another #MigratoryBird passing through #India during the #WinterSeason is 'A Demoiselle Crane (Grus Virgo)' depicted in this c1800 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh #CompanySchool #Painting

This Crane is the smallest of the Cranes of the#IndianSubContinent & is a regular winter visitor mainly to Western #India & #Pakistan. It's natural habitat are the banks of water-bodies.

#Indian #Art #Heritage #Bird
#History documented in #Paintings by #EastIndiaCompany residents.

#art #heritage #bird #history #paintings #eastindiacompany #migratorybird #india #WinterSeason #CompanyPainting #lucknow #uttarpradesh #CompanySchool #painting #pakistan #indian

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Sharad Mohan · @ssharadmohhan

55 followers · 86 posts · Server mastodon.social

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Lot no 17.

'A White Stork (Ciconia Ciconia) in a Landscape'
c1800 AD #CompanyPainting from #Lucknow #UttarPradesh #CompanySchool of #Art
Estimated: £60,000-80,000.

A #Migratory #Bird, this Stork has a passage through #India during the #WinterSeason & can be found in the Northwest and South of the #IndianSubContinent

Not to be confused with the Open Bill Stork (see Lot no 5 #Painting), this #MigratoryBird can reach between 100-125 centimetres.

#EastIndiaCompany #Paintings #Heritage #History

#CompanyPainting #lucknow #uttarpradesh #CompanySchool #art #migratory #bird #india #WinterSeason #IndianSubContinent #painting #migratorybird #eastindiacompany #paintings #heritage #history