Grey Heron, c. 1780-1782, Ram Das, 37 × 29 1/2 × 1 in. (93.98 × 74.93 × 2.54 cm) (outer frame)25 7/8 × 18 3/16 in. (65.8 × 46.2 cm) (sheet), Opaque colors and ink on paper Clark #2013-12-1, 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’’—so called after the British East India Company, which by 1757 had taken effective rule over the sub-continent—spanning from c. 1760-1880 and distinguished by native painters adapting to the needs of Colonial tastes.