Female Indian robin (?)
1830
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
paint
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Female Indian robin (?) is a 1830 paint by Unknown, a Patna School of Painting work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A small brown bird stands on pale green leaves. Its orange chest and tail flash against the simple background. The artist shows every feather in fine detail. This painting belongs to a group called Company paintings. British officials in India hired local artists to make pictures of nature and daily life. Lord Amherst, a governor in the 1820s, once owned this exact set. Look for more Company paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A work from a set of four Company paintings depicting birds, this drawing portrays a female Indian robin and was formerly in the collection of Lord and Lady Amherst, who owned the set during his tenure as Governor-General from 1823 to 1828.
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