Le Betier Valachien, 2. La Brebis (from Histoire Naturelle...Paris)

Artist/Maker Artist Unknown

Datec. 1830

MediumHand colored engraving on hand laid paper

Dimensionssight: 5 3/4 × 3 1/4 in. (14.6 × 8.3 cm) frame: 11 1/2 × 9 in. (29.2 × 22.9 cm)

ClassificationsPrint

Credit LineThe Pierce Collection from Roy Pierce and Winnifred Poland Pierce, National Museum of Wildlife Art

Terms

Object numberW2001.167.011

DescriptionPage of a bestiary with two vertically arranged images, the lower being a bull buffalo facing right in a landscape. Info sheet on back of the frame is wrong. George Louis Leclerc is the Compte de Buffon, but probably did not do any of his own illustrations.

Status

Not on view