Hi,
Some images found through Google: A Plain Tiger painted by Mansur Plain Tigers from the Dara Shikoh Album (British Library) Common Lime, unknown artist, 1635 (British Library) regards Amber ________________________________ From: Peter Smetacek <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, January 4, 2011 9:39:16 AM Subject: Re: Re: [ButterflyIndia] The Study of Butterflies - by Peter Smetacek (resources for newbies) Dear Amber, thanks for this information. Both are depictions of Plain Tigers.Interestingly, the Plain Tiger is (?? the only) butterfly depicted by the ancient Egyptians. Probably the Australian Aborogine art will also have a few of these cosmopolitan fellows used in some ritual painting!!! On Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:16:54 +0530 wrote > Hi, Thanks for the link! I was particularly intrigued by a comment on the paucity of butterflies in Mughal art. There are certainly many paintings on mammals, birds and flowers - the ones by the artist Mansur (Jahangir's court) are generally the most appreciated for the accuracy of depiction of various species that caught Jahangir's eye or were presented to him. So I went through a couple of volumes depicting Mughal art and while butterflies were indeed scarce they were not completely absent. I am attaching rather crude photos of details of the two that I found. Both are from about 1620 (Jahangir's reign was 1605-27). I can't identify the one by Mansur though it has a rather danaid-ish look. But the one by "Muhammad Nadir of Samarqand" is a really wonderfully painted Plain Tiger that could grace any modern field guide. Amber Habib Delhi From: Ashwin Baindur To: [email protected] Sent: Mon, January 3, 2011 12:59:57 PM Subject: [ButterflyIndia] The Study of Butterflies - by Peter Smetacek (resources for newbies) Hi, Peter Smetacek wrote a series of articles on butterflies for the common man. They are great reading especially for newbies and of general interest to all. Best of all, they are open access. You can access the download links and a small writeup here : http://thebutterflydiaries.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/the-study-of-butterflies/ Warm regards, Ashwin Baindur -- Enjoy
