Hwamei on Terminalia Branch, 1780, Sheikh Zain al-Din, Indian, 36 1/2 ¡Ñ 28 1/2 ¡Ñ 1 in. (92.71 ¡Ñ 72.39 ¡Ñ 2.54 cm) (outer frame), Opaque colors on paper Clark #2012-3-1, India, 18th century, The famed ¡¥Impey Album,¡¦ to which these 11 natural history studies originally belonged, marks the beginning of a new school in the canon of Indian Painting: that is 'Company Painting¡¦¡¦¡Xso called after the British East India Company, which by 1757 had taken effective rule over the sub-continent¡Xspanning from c. 1760-1880 and distinguished by native painters adapting to the needs of Colonial tastes.