'Le Fer-A-Cheval & Le Fer-A-Cheval suspendu par les pieds', c1763. Creator: Christian Friedrich Fritzsch.

'Le Fer-A-Cheval & Le Fer-A-Cheval suspendu par les pieds', c1763.  Creator: Christian Friedrich Fritzsch.

2-704-376 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Le Fer-A-Cheval & Le Fer-A-Cheval suspendu par les pieds', c1763. The Greater horseshoe bat showin on all fours, and hanging upside-down. The "Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi", (Natural History, General and Particular, with a Description of the King's Cabinet) was written 1749-1804 by the Comte de Buffon, and was continued after his death. It was a monumental work in multiple volumes, and covered what was known of the 'natural sciences' at the time, including physics, chemistry and technology as well as the natural history of animals.


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Creator
  1. Christian Friedrich Fritzsch, attributed to: German: Artist, engraver, printmaker
After
  1. Buvee: : Artist
People Related
  1. George-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon: French: scientist, naturalist, mathematician, writer, author

Medium
  1. Engraving

Category Hierarchy

Science & Nature Animal Life


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 7193x9657
File Size : 67,835kb


Aliases

  1. 0580037538
  1. 2-704-376
  1. 2704376

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