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Le Puffin

Alternate Title(s)
  • Cory's Shearwater
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 numberW2014.001.012
ClassificationsPrint
SignedSigned
InscribedPlate dessiné et gravé par Martinet Ing Recto in ink "(161)" in ink
On View
Not on view
DescriptionHand colored engraving of a Cory's Shearwater (Calonectris Borealis) standing on a green shorline, facing right as if lookng out over the blue water.
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