‘Le Chat Domestique’ (Domestic cat)
Date
1756
Creator
Jean Charles Baquoy (1721 - 1777, French) , Printmaker
After
Jacques Eustache de Sève (1790, French) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
RCN30833
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 254mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the domestic cat, Felis silvestris catus. Side view, presented on a table or workbench within a period kitchen, showing utensils, storage containers and a basket of vegetables.
Plate 2 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 6, (Paris, 1756).
The plate is inscribed above: ‘Tom VI. Pl.II Pag.48.’ Inscribed below: ‘LE CHAT DOMESTIQUE. 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 2 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 6, (Paris, 1756).
The plate is inscribed above: ‘Tom VI. Pl.II Pag.48.’ Inscribed below: ‘LE CHAT DOMESTIQUE. 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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