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Last Name al-Din
Given Name Shayk Zayn-al-Din
alt. Names S. Z. a.-D. ;
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Year born 1750 c.
Year died 1782 fl.
Place of death Calcutta ?
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Country of Activity India
Worked for Lady Impey, wife of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta ;
Patronage British East India Company ; Lady Impey, wife of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in Calcutta
Collaborators -> Bahwani Das & Ram Das, possibly brothers
Techniques botanical, ornithological, entomological, and animal drawing and watercolour ;
Sample(s) www.qatar.vcu.edu/images/sized/uploads/images/IndiaEastWestZain_Al-Din-460x693.jpg ; www.samfogg.com/catalogue.php?id=303&p=1 ;
Archival sources www.askart.com/askart/z/shaikh_zayn_al_din/shaikh_zayn_al_din.aspx ; www.simonray.com/catalogue.php?id=93 ;
Published sources Mildred Archer: Natural History Drawings in the India Office Library (London 1962: 54-55) ; Phyllis I. Edwards et al. (eds.): Indian Botanical Drawings (1980: 17-19) ;
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