Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon – The Seal – Engraving (18th Century)

"The Seal" presents a zoological study illustrating a marine mammal resting in full profile along an elevated rocky coastal outcrop above turbulent sea waves. The composition exemplifies eighteenth-century French natural history printmaking created to document semi-aquatic mammals and comparative anatomy for comprehensive zoological treatises. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a preeminent French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist celebrated for authoring the landmark multi-volume encyclopedia Histoire Naturelle. Artist or Maker: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. Dimensions: Approximately 16 cm x 9 cm. Medium: Engraving. Date: 18th Century.

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