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| Keywords: DodoMansur.jpg Painting by the Mughal artist Ustad Mansur from c 1625 which may be one of the most accurate depictions of a live dodo Two live specimens were brought to India in the 1600s according to Peter Mundy and the specimen depicted might have been one of these Other birds depicted are Loriculus galgulus upper left Tragopan melanocephalus upper right Anser indicus lower left although the pose and pattern suggests a hybrid possibly related to the Indian runner duck - note upright posture long neck and smaller size although this is clearly not to scale going by the lorikeet Pterocles indicus lower right Hermitage St Petersburg http //julianhume co uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/History-of-the-dodo-Hume pdf Earlier version http //www natuurinformatie nl/nnm dossiers/natuurdatabase nl/i005387 html century 17 creator Ustad Mansur extract PD-old-100 Raphus cucullatus in 17th century art Birds in art of India 17th-century Mughal miniatures 1620s paintings from India 1625 paintings Ustad Mansur ImageNote 1 49 111 427 391 966 1553 2 Loriculus galgulus ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 220 481 526 585 966 1553 2 Dodo ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 515 39 430 471 966 1553 2 Tragopan melanocephalus ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 70 1121 256 380 966 1553 2 Anser indicus ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 453 1028 489 489 966 1553 2 Pterocles indicus ImageNoteEnd 5 | ||||
