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Last Name ud-Din / Zainuddin

Given Name Shaikh Zain

alt. Names Z. u.-D ;

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Year born 1750 c. in Patna, Bihar, Company raj

Year died 1782 fl.

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Country of Activity India

Worked for album of natural history illustrations commissioned by Lady Mary Impey ;

Patronage East India Company ; Mary Impey (1749-1818), wife of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of Calcutta Supreme Court

Collaborators illustrator -> Bhawina Das ;

Techniques botanical and zoological drawing, watercolour, and painting ;

Sample(s) https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/03/forgotten-masters-review-the-natural-history-geniuses-robbed-by-the-british-empire ;

Archival sources https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheikh_Zainuddin ;

Published sources William Dalrymple (*1965): Forgotten Masters: Indian Painting for the East India Company (London: Wallace Collection & Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd., 2019) ;

other "artist of the East India Company period who moved from Patna to Calcutta and rose to prominence under European patronage in British Raj. His works blending Mughal and Western painting techniques belonged to the Company style of painting" (wikipedia) ; see also https://www.architecturaldigest.in/content/trip-memory-lane-british-raj-met-presents-company-school-paintings/

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