# Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea)

- By: India (West Bengal, Kolkata)
- Date: Company School, c. 1780-1820
- Medium: Watercolor on watermarked paper
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: 63.5 × 47.8 cm (25 × 18 3/4 in.)
- Culture: India
- Credit line: Asian Purchase Campaign Endowment
- Museum: [Art Institute of Chicago](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/142422)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/c7c3111b-cbb0-b0ce-19b8-f7ee92c8d839/full/!1708,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Little Ones profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)