Skip to main contentDescriptionHand colored engraving of a Western Plantain-Eater (Crinifer Piscator) standing on a tree branch, facing left with leaves in the background.
Le Tanas ou Faucon pêcheur du Sénégal
Alternate Title(s)
- Western Plantain-eater
Artist/Maker
François Nicolas Martinet
France, 1731 - c. 1804
Artist/Maker
G. Hubert Smith
Date18th century
MediumPaper
Dimensions12 5/16 × 9 1/4 in. (31.2 × 23.5 cm)
image: 9 15/16 × 8 1/4 in. (25.3 × 21 cm)
Credit LineGift of Loren G. Lipson, M.D.
Object numberW2014.001.001
ClassificationsPrint
SignedSigned
InscribedPlate Martinet Verso: "39" in pencil
On View
Not on viewFrançois Nicolas Martinet
18th century
François Nicolas Martinet
18th century
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François Nicolas Martinet
18th century