page_title: Mary Impey
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Impey
caption_attribution_description: English: Series Title: The Impey Album Suite Name: The Impey Album Display Artist: Shaikh Zayn al-Din Creation Date: ca. 1780 Display Dimensions: 20 7/8 in. x 29 17/32 in. (53 cm x 75 cm) Credit Line: Edwin Binney 3rd Collection Accession Number: 1990.1358 Collection: The San Diego Museum of Art
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: A Dwarf Flying Squirrel hanging from a Kuru Creeper, from the Impey Album,   Shaikh Zayn al-Din, c. 1780, 20 7/8 in. x 29 17/32 in. (53 cm x 75 cm)
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