Property of a Lady
A grey heron (Ardea Cinerea), India, Lucknow, Company School, circa 1780
Auction Closed
April 30, 03:48 PM GMT
Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
watercolour, pen and ink, heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic on paper, laid down on stout green paper, mount attached with coloured rules, Urdu inscriptions in black nasta'liq centre left and lower left, inscribed in pencil 'Ardea cinerea' upper left and '32' lower right, framed
64 by 48cm.
Major General Claude Martin (1735-1800)
Arthur Jeffries Gallery, London
From whom acquired in 1956 by the Hon. Michael Astor (1916-80)
Thence by inheritance to the present owner
inscriptions
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‘Grey Heron’
The grey heron is a slender long-legged egret-like bird with a thin S-shaped neck and pointed dagger bill. It is typically ash-grey with whiteish crown, neck and abdomen. The Grey Heron's favoured habitats are jheels, tanks, streams and tidal creeks with plenty of reeds. Herons are partly nocturnal and do most of their active feeding in the early mornings and early evening twilight.
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