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Print (Stipple Engraving) George le Clerc, Comte de Buffon, engraved by J. Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, London, 1801

Inventory Number 23705


Acknowledgement: © History of Science Museum, University of Oxford, inv.23705

Item type
Object
Physical material
Paper
Physical medium
coloured inks
Physical technique
Stipple engraving
Object type
Print
Dimensions
Height: 219mm Width: 150mm
Inventory No
23705

Description

Print (stipple engraving) George le Clerc, Comte de Buffon, engraved by J. Chapman, published by J. Wilkes, London, 1801. Portrait of George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Colour stipple engraving in oval frame with emblem of a phoenix. Mounted on part of an Italian map or chart.