Parrot, India, Company School, circa 1820–30 Gouache on paper depicting a parrot on a tree branch, with a butterfly with outstretched wings in the upper right corner. Numbered 19 in the upper right corner and mounted on an album page of oriental paper, numbered and inscribed in ink with the bird’s scientific and vernacular names in phonetic transcription: “No. 12, Psittacus gingianus, Hill Parrot, Tothur.” Frame. Overall visible dimensions: 30.5 x 25 cm; visible painting dimensions: 21 x 18 cm Minor foxing and stains. Small tear in the margin. Sun-faded margin. Wavy paper. Provenance: Sotheby’s auction, London, December 10, 1974, lot 246.