Bhawani Das, active 18th century, Indian, A Great Indian Fruit Bat or Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus), 1778 to 1782
- Title:
- A Great Indian Fruit Bat or Flying Fox (Pteropus giganteus)
- Date:
- 1778 to 1782
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and ink, watercolor with gum arabic, heightened with gouache on watermarked paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 17 7/8 × 27 inches (45.4 × 68.6 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 18 3/8 × 27 3/4 inches (46.7 × 70.5 cm), Mount: 25 × 35 inches (63.5 × 88.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, upper left: "163"; in brown ink, lower left: ''In the Collection of Lady Impey at Calcutta; in brown ink: "Native of Patna''; in black ink, lower left: Urdu identification inscribed in nasta'liq script ''badur''
Signed in brown ink, lower left: "Painted by"; in black ink, in nasta'liq script: "Bhawani Das"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2021.13.2
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | bat (animal) | greater Indian fruit bat
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:83334
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