‘Le Loup’ (Wolf)
Date
1758
Creator
Jean Charles Baquoy (1721 - 1777, French) , Engraver
After
Jacques de Sève (1712, French) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
RCN30833
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 257mm
width (print): 185mm
width (print): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the Eurasian wolf, Canis lupus lupus. Side view, in a natural landscape.
Plate 1 from the book Histoire naturelle, généralle et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi, by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Louis Jean Marie Daubenton, volume 7, (Paris, 1758).
The plate is inscribed above: ‘Tom VII Pl.I Pag.70.’ Inscribed below: ‘LE LOUP De Seve delin. C.Baquoy Sculp.’
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), French naturalist and man of science, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1740.
Louis Jean Marie Daubenton (1716-1800), French naturalist and encyclopaedist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
Plate 1 from the book Histoire naturelle, généralle et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi, by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Louis Jean Marie Daubenton, volume 7, (Paris, 1758).
The plate is inscribed above: ‘Tom VII Pl.I Pag.70.’ Inscribed below: ‘LE LOUP De Seve delin. C.Baquoy Sculp.’
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788), French naturalist and man of science, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1740.
Louis Jean Marie Daubenton (1716-1800), French naturalist and encyclopaedist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1755.
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