Spoonbill (Platalea Leucorodia)

Colonel Claude Martin was a Frenchman living in Lucknow in the late 18th century. He arrived in the city in 1775 and was appointed Superintendent of the arsenal of the Nawab of Lucknow. During his residence in the city he collected on a grand scale, and across a wide range of European and Indian objects and paintings.

Kind

artefact

Date

1775–1784 CE