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)

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

Object numberW2001.167.011

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ENGRAVING

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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.