CALCUTTA SCHOOL, 1881, STUDY OF A RUDDY SHELDRAKE

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CALCUTTA SCHOOL, 1881STUDY OF A RUDDY SHELDRAKEpencil and watercolour with gum arabic, on paperwith inscription and date Casarca rutila;/Ruddy Shieldrake. [sic] J.954./Jarafgunge. 22d Feb 81./Found all over India in the cold season only, in pairs chiefly but also in/small parties, frequenting rivers and lakes. It walks well and grazes in/the young cornfields just like Geese, it also picks up fallen seeds of grass or/grain. It breeds across the Himalayas. As the time of migration for/the purpose of breeding approaches, the male's plumage assumes a/deeper and brighter hue as in above illustration. (lower centre)49.5 x 62.2cm (19¼ x 24¼in.)Provenance:Sir Henry Leland Harrison.Sale Christie's, London, Exploration & Travel with Visions of India, 21 September 2000, lot 337A

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