Oriental Magpie Robin with Katydid and Leaf Hopper on Monkey Jack Branch, 1778, Sheikh Zain al-Din, Indian, 31 ¡Ñ 39 1/4 ¡Ñ 1 in. (78.74 ¡Ñ 99.7 ¡Ñ 2.54 cm) (outer frame), Opaque colors and ink on paper, 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.