Accession No

3509

Brief Description

print, portrait of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician and cosmologist, by J. Chapman, English, 1801

Origin

England; London

Maker

Chapman, J. [artist] Wilkes, J. [publisher]

Class

prints

Earliest Date

1801

Latest Date

1801

Inscription Date

1801

Material

paper

Dimensions

height 337mm; breadth 267mm (including frame)

Special Collection

Provenance

Inscription

‘J. Chapman
sculpsit’
‘G.L. LE CLERC, COMTE BE BUFFON
London Publish’d as the Act directs April 25th. 1801 by J. Wilkes.’

Description Notes

Colour print. Stipple engraving. Oval portrait with box motif directly below. Mounted and framed.

Condition: good; complete.

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