John Fleming (1747-1829) was a surgeon who served in the Indian Medical Service in Bengal from 1768 to 1813. As with many physicians of the period he was very interested in botany. Fleming's particular interest was in plants of medical or economic use. This interest encouraged him to collect plants from many parts of India.
For a period he was appointed Superintendent of the Calcutta Botanic Garden while William Roxburgh was on leave of absence. Fleming returned to England in 1813 and died in London in 1829.
Provenance
The Maharaja Bahadur Sir P C Tagore,1934.
Period / Year of Work
1802
Dimensions
30.2 x 48.2 cm
Brief Description
Lyre Bird, South East Australia, from a stuffed specimen sent
from N.S.Wales, 1802. From John Fleming's album on Natural History, Volume-1 From a
folio containing a collection of original watercolour drawings of
the mammals, birds and reptiles of India chiefly of Bengal painted
under supervision of Robert Home, Court painter of the King of
Oudh.
John Fleming(naturalist) employed Robert Home, Davis and
Buchanan along with some Indian artist.
