Wednesday, May 25, 2016

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