Two Stunning Calcutta Company School Studies in Watercolour of Indian Fauna; A Frog & A Fish by Shaikh Abdullah c.1800 sub-Art & Sculpture ) red over-painting

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showing the original amber painted decoration

put him on trial for treason

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Two Stunning Calcutta Company School Studies in Watercolour of Indian Fauna; A Frog & A Fish by Shaikh Abdullah c.1800 sub-Art & Sculpture ) red over-paintingOrigin: Bengal, India Period: Early 19thC Provenance: Formerly of the Estate of Henry G. Plowden Esq. Date: c. 1800 The Works: 12. 25 x 15 each In Frames: 20 x 22. 25 each The wonderfully realised pair of Calcutta School Studies in watercolour on paper of Indian Fauna; one depicting a native frog and the other a native fish each surviving from Bengal in India at the turn of the eighteenth century and each presented framed and glazed in gilded frames