Souslik - Original Hand-Colored Engraving by Andrew Bell - Buffon 1791
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Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the souslik, the ground squirrel of the steppes, on a rock beneath a willow branch, within an engraved border. Lettered above with the number CCXC, below with the title "Souslik" and, at the right, the signature A. Bell sculpt.
Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the souslik, the ground squirrel of the steppes, on a rock beneath a willow branch, within an engraved border. Lettered above with the number CCXC, below with the title "Souslik" and, at the right, the signature A. Bell sculpt.
Andrew Bell (1726-1809), an Edinburgh engraver and co-founder of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, engraved the illustrations for Buffon's Natural History in William Smellie's English translation.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored
Engraver / lithographer: Andrew Bell (1726-1809)
Date: 1791
Source: Buffon's Natural History, English edition
Dimensions: 5.1 x 8.3 in (13 x 21 cm)
Condition: Good. Mounted in a mat; clean laid paper, lightly browned and without foxing.
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Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the souslik, the ground squirrel of the steppes, on a rock beneath a willow branch, within an engraved border. Lettered above with the number CCXC, below with the title "Souslik" and, at the right, the signature A. Bell sculpt.