Mary Impey
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Mary, Lady Impey was an English natural historian and patron of the arts in Bengal. The wife of Sir Elijah Impey, the Chief Justice of Bengal, she established a menagerie in Calcutta and commissioned
The Impey family in Calcutta, India in 1783, by Johan Zoffany. Mary's daughter, Marian Impey, is shown dancing to Indian music.
A Dwarf Flying Squirrel hanging from a Kuru Creeper, from the Impey Album, Shaikh Zayn al-Din, c. 1780, 20 7/8 in. x 29 17/32 in. (53 cm x 75 cm)
Orange-headed thrush, Geokichla citrina, one of the paintings from which Latham described the species
A painting of the now extinct pink-headed duck made by Bhawani Das.
Impey Album
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The Impey Album was a collection of Company style paintings commissioned by Elijah Impey and his wife Mary, née Reade, of the animals in their menagerie in Calcutta, India, where Elijah was chief just
Mary Impey
…life-sized where possible, and in natural surrounds. The paintings were made in double folios and number nearly 200. The collection, often known as the Impey Album, is an important example of Company style painting. The three artists who are known were Sheikh Zain al-Din, Bhawani Das, and Ram Das. The three known…
Indian Roller on Sandalwood by Zain ud-Din, now in the collection of the Minneapolis Institute of Art