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Science & Exploration
Buffon Natural History - Plate 49
by Robert Bénard (after Buffon)
Artwork Details
Year
c. 1760-1780
Collection
Original document owned by ATX Austin LLC
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Medium
Hand-colored copperplate engraving
About This Artwork
Engraving of quadrupeds from Buffon's Histoire Naturelle. Hand-colored copperplate engraving by Robert Bénard, master engraver of the French Enlightenment who contributed over 1,800 plates to Diderot's Encyclopédie. Public Domain.
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