Mary Impey
British naturalist, ornithologist and patron of the arts · Artists · Lived 1749 to 1818 · aged 68
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 Indian artists to paint the various creatures.
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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[3][4]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Orange-headed_thrush_1778.jpg/1280px-Orange-headed_thrush_1778.jpg)
Orange-headed thrush, Geokichla citrina, one of the paintings from which Latham described the species[3][4]
A painting of the now extinct pink-headed duck made by Bhawani Das.About this person
Her paintings were later taken to England and were examined by John Latham who named several new species from them in his supplement to the General Synopsis of Birds (1787).
Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1749 to 1818 · aged 68
