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)
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''
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 | greater Indian fruit bat | bat (animal)