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Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopteros ruber)
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Description
The largest and most widespread flamingo species, the Greater Flamingo is found in parts of southern Europe, Africa and Asia, including coastal areas of India and Pakistan. It is the state bird of Gujarat. It favours salt-marshes and shallow lagoon habitats. A shrimp-rich diet contributes to the pinkness of its plumage, not always well maintained in birds kept in captivity. Shaikh Zain ud-Din’s composition accommodates its long neck in a sinuous S-shaped undulation.
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Details
- Associated place
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Asia › India › east India › West Bengal › Kolkata (place of creation)Europe › United Kingdom › England (place of creation)
- Date
- 1781
- Artist/maker
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Shaikh Zain ud-Din (active c. 1770 - 1785) (artist)Whatman (established 1740) (manufacturer)
- Associated people
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Mary, Lady Impey (1749 - 1818) (commissioner)Sir Henry Wentworth Acland, first Baronet (1815 - 1900) (owner)
- Material and technique
- gouache on paper
- Dimensions
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mount 112 x 81.5 cm (height x width)
page 89.4 x 62.6 cm (height x width)
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- No. of items
- 1
- Credit line
- Lent by the Radcliffe Science Library, University of Oxford.
- Accession no.
- LI901.18
Past Exhibition
see (1)
Location
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- currently in research collection
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