Sheikh Zainuddin
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Shaikh Zain-al-Din or Sheikh Zainuddin was an Indian Muslim artist who was most well-known for his contributions to the Impey Album and as one of the first artists that helped create the Anglo-Indian
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Orange-headed thrush and an Acherontia moth on a Bauhinia
Chestnut-tailed starling on a Clerodendrum sp.
Harpactes erythrocephalus female on a melastome
Elijah Impey
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Elijah Impey was a British judge who served as the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal, Chief Justice of the Sadr Diwani Adalat and Member of Parliament fo
Sheikh Zainuddin
…examples of the aesthetic that became known as the Company style. In the late eighteenth century, he worked under Lady Mary Impey, the wife of Sir Elijah Impey, Chief Justice of Calcutta Supreme Court. Prior to moving to Calcutta, Shaikh Zain-al-Din, Bhawani Das, and Ram Das had all trained at the Mughal atelier…
Elijah Impey
Painting by Johan Zoffany of the family of Elijah and Mary Impey in Calcutta in 1783
Wall monument to Elijah Impey and his wife in St Paul's Church, Hammersmith, London UK