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Le Damier

Alternate Title(s)
  • Cape Petrel
Artist/Maker François Nicolas Martinet France, 1731 - c. 1804
Date18th century
MediumPaper
Dimensions12 × 8 7/8 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 numberW2014.001.015
ClassificationsPrint
SignedSigned
InscribedPlate Martinet Recto: "(160)" in ink
On View
Not on view
DescriptionHand colored engraving of a Cape Petrel (Daption Capense) standing on a grassy rock, facing left.
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