S/4 Buffon Animals, Original engravings, 1755 (framed) Chesapeake Bay Original oil on canvas by

Original oil on canvas by Eric Son

Dimensions: pair 22 x 31

Good condition

Signed and numbered

and UV-resistant glass

S/4 Buffon Animals, Original engravings, 1755 (framed) Chesapeake Bay Original oil on canvas bySet of 4 framed, original engravings from Histoire Naturelle by Buffon, 1755. Dimensions of set 32 x 36", individual 14. 25 x 16. 25). Set includes: Le Cerf Couchon, Le Camaa, Le Bouc de Juda and La Brebis Commune. Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, was a French naturalist and mathematician. Buffons works influenced the next two generations of naturalists. During his lifetime, he published thirty six quarto volumes of his Histoire Naturelle,