Le Cresserelle femelle (Female Kestrel)
Date1770
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 3/4" x OW: 9 1/2"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,9
DescriptionUpper margin reads: "471."Inside border lower left corner: "Martinet."
Lower margin reads: "La Cresserelle femelle"
Label TextDepiction of the bird species “Le Cresserelle femelle” engraved by Francois Nicolas Martinet for Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon’s “Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux,” [Volume 1] (Paris: De L'Imprimerie Royale, 1770), pl. 471.
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
1771
