East India Company Bird Paintings

As British employees of the East India Company moved into India to work in the 18th & 19th century, they encountered places and scenes which were considered exotic and were, of course, very different from home.  To record these foreign places and things, local artists were employed to paint them.

Here are four different birds-

Titled Bilace

Titled Kanra

Titled Muchrunga

Titled  Kouroo

Here is a link to the Metropolitan Museum of Art's page on Company School.