Guêpier de Madagascar (Olive Bee-eater)
Date1783
Engraver
Francois Nicolas Martinet
Compiler
Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de
(1707 - 1788)
OriginEurope, France, Paris
MediumBlack and white line engraving and etching with period color
DimensionsOH: 12 1/2" x OW: 9 1/8"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,7
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "259." Lower margin reads: "par Martinet./ Guêpier de Madagascar."
Label TextDepiction of the bird species “Guepier de Madagascar” engraved by Francois Nicolas Martinet for Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon’s “Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux,” [Volume 6] (Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1783), pl. 259.
Francois Nicholas Martinet engraved birds and animals for Buffon’s monumental series “Histoire Naturelle Generale et Particulaire” (of which this engraving was a part) which was published between 1749–1788 and comprised in 36 volumes. It was one of the most important compilations of animals and birds of the 18th century.
ca. 1790
after 1788
