A BLUE ROCK THRUSH ON A FLOWERING BRANCH, INDIA, CALCUTTA, COMPANY SCHOOL, CIRCA 1800 |

watercolour on European paper, inscribed at lower edge 'Dant Rangooa'

In good condition, minor stains, as viewed.
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The blue rock thrush (Monticola solitaries) is a resident and winter visitor. It breeds in north-west India and Pakistan and spreads further south in winter. Two further studies from this album were sold in these rooms 17 June 1999, lot 83.