‘Le Riche’ (Silver rabbit)
Date
1756
Creator
Louis George-Legrand (1801, Swiss) , 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 silver variety or breed of Domestic rabbit, Oryctolagus. Side view in a natural landscape with two tepees.
Plate 52 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.LII. Pag.340.’ Inscribed below: ‘LE RICHE. De Seve del. Louis le Grand Sc.’
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 52 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.LII. Pag.340.’ Inscribed below: ‘LE RICHE. De Seve del. Louis le Grand Sc.’
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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