Company School Study of a Black Francolin (Francolinus francolinus)
India, First half of the 19th century
Watercolour on European paper
32 cm high, 49 cm wide
32 cm high, 49 cm wide
A5904
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The black francolin (Francolinus francolinus) is a scrub and grassland pheasant, with a range across Turkey, Iran, northeast India, and Bangladesh. This bird was painted by Ram Das in Calcutta, ca. 1777, for the Impey album, and for the Wellesley album ca. 1798–1805 (see British Library NHD 29/78).