L'Aigrette (Egret), from "Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux, Paris, Imprimerie Royale
Artist: Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon|François Nicolas Martinet
Artist bio: French, 1708–1788|French, Paris 1731–ca. 1804
Artist role: Author|Artist
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1770–86
Medium: Hand-colored etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 9 5/8 × 8 3/16 in. (24.5 × 20.8 cm)
Sheet: 12 3/16 in. × 9 in. (30.9 × 22.8 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession year: 2019
Tags: Birds