Fish. Watercolour by Zayn Al-Din.

  • Al-Din, Zayn.
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[approximately 1777]
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566778i
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[approximately 1777]

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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 47 x 60.4 cm

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Vulg: Mango Fish ; In the collection of Lady Impey in Calcutta ; Painted by [Zayn al-Din], Native of Patna, 1777 Lettering includes name of artist and local name for the fish ('Tapsia Machhali') in Arabic script

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in ‘Beyond the Page: South Asian Miniature Painting and Britain, 1600 to Now’ at MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 7th October 2023 – 28th January 2024, and The Box, Plymouth, 17th February – 2nd June 2024

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Wellcome Collection 566778i

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