A hawk attacking a night-jar
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A hawk attacking a night-jar is a 1850 paint by Fakir Chand La, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows two birds in mid-air. One is a hawk with sharp feathers and a focused look, its wings spread wide. The other is a smaller bird, its feathers a mix of brown and black, caught mid-flight with its wings tucked close. The hawk’s talons are outstretched, ready to grab the other bird. The background is plain, keeping all the focus on the action between them. Look up Fakir Chand La next to see more of his detailed bird paintings.
A watercolour by Fakir Chand La from 1850 depicts a hawk attacking a nightjar, closely following a lithograph by Christopher Webb Smith from 1793–1835, which is preserved in Sir Charles D'Oyley's *Scrapbook* in the India Office Library.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Fakir Chand Lal was the Mughal emperor’s bird painter who kept a tame hawk on his wrist while he sketched in the Delhi gardens.
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