181:. The accuracy of the paintings suggest that Lady Impey was involved in guiding the artists. More than half of the over 300 paintings made were of birds. Sir Elijah too collected manuscripts and paintings, particularly from Murshidabad and on these collections he had a personal Persian seal impressed. On the collections made by his wife, the name of the birds was inscribed in Persian and sometimes English along with the name of the artist and date. About 120 drawings were noted as being "in the collection of Lady Impey" of which a 100 are of birds. The collection was dispersed in an auction in 1810. Some of the paintings were presented to the Linnean Society of London in 1856 by daughter-in-law Sarah Impey and consisted of 47 birds, 8 mammals and 8 plants. One was framed by
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