Indian Company School Eastern Great Egret Heron Bird
An original c.1830 watercolour painting, Indian Company School, Eastern Great Egret Heron Bird.
A superb example of an Indian Company painting and part of an outstanding collection of Indian bird subjects that we have for sale.
As is typical for Company School style, the bird is painted with tremendously vivid opacity and fine detail. The vignette includes a small patch of riverbank, grounding the bird within the composition.
The Eastern Great Egret is a white heron, which was first described by British ornithologist John Edward Gray in 1831, when it was simply described as the 'pure white heron of India'.
On wove paper.
Dimensions: Height: 21.7cm (8.54") Width: 16.1cm (6.34")
Presented: Unframed.
Medium: Watercolour
Age: Early 19th-century
Signed: No.
Inscribed: --
Dated: --
Condition: Very minor age toning and a small amount of faint foxing. Slight creasing to the right-hand edge and lower left corner of the sheet. Please see photos for detail.
Stock number: JT-968
