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Dodo by Mansur. C.1610. (infosec.pub)
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/54961782

https://open.substack.com/pub/travelsofsamwise/p/the-emperor-and-the-dodo?r=1wlet9

I honestly want everyone to read this and subscribe to the incredible historian that is Sam Dalrymple. Son of the legendary historian William Dalrymple.

I have previously told stories of and posted pictures of other animal paintings from Jahangirs court. (Mughal emperor)

In 1958, a group of Soviet ornithologists stumbled across something extraordinary in the vaults of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg: a Mughal painting of a dodo.

The painting, dated to around 1610 was swiftly attributed to the master painter Ustad Mansur, and when it was unveiled.

The stories are amazing. Do give it a read, I cannot recommend it enough.

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[โ€“] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 3 points 1 week ago

Wait, so we actually do know what color it was? Awesome!

[โ€“] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Also pictured: a Green Hanging Parrot , a Western Tragopan, 2 Bar-Headed Geese, and 2 Painted Sandgrouses. (yes painted by Mansur but also painted by nature.)

Audubon, eat your heart out.