Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10167
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Portrait of George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Date
1833
Sitter
Georges Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon (1707 - 1788, French) , Naturalist
Creator
William Home Lizars (1788 - 1859, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
10552
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 288mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of the Comte de Buffon, head and body half-turned to the left as viewed.
Frontispiece from the book The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. Inscribed: “Lizars sc. BUFFON Engraved for the Naturalist’s Library.” With a facsimile signature.
Buffon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1740.
Frontispiece from the book The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist’s Library. Mammalia. Vol.1. Inscribed: “Lizars sc. BUFFON Engraved for the Naturalist’s Library.” With a facsimile signature.
Buffon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1740.
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