Autruche (Ostrich), from "Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux"
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux, Paris, Imprimerie Royale
Artist: François Nicolas Martinet|Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon
Artist bio: French, Paris 1731–ca. 1804|French, 1708–1788
Artist role: Artist|Author
Artist nationality: French|French
Date: 1770–86
Medium: Hand-colored etching and engraving
Dimensions: Plate: 9 13/16 × 8 1/4 in. (25 × 21 cm)
Sheet: 12 7/8 × 9 1/16 in. (32.7 × 23 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019
Accession year: 2019
Tags: Birds