page_title: Mary Impey
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Impey
caption_attribution_description: English: Painting by Johann Zoffany of the family of Chief Justice Elijah Impey and Mary Impey in Calcutta, India in 1783. Marian Impey (b. 1778) is shown dancing to Indian music.
context_page_description: Mary Impey was an English natural historian and patron of the arts in Bengal. The wife of Elijah Impey, the Chief Justice of Bengal, she established a menagerie in Calcutta and commissioned Indian artists to paint the various creatures.
context_section_description: Mary Impey (2 March 1749 – 20 February 1818) was an English natural historian and patron of the arts in Bengal. The wife of Elijah Impey, the Chief Justice of Bengal, she established a menagerie in Calcutta and commissioned Indian artists to paint the various creatures.
caption: The Impey family in Calcutta, India in 1783, by Johan Zoffany.  Mary's daughter, Marian Impey, is shown dancing to Indian music.
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