Madagascar Rat - Original Hand-Colored Engraving by Andrew Bell - 1791
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Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the so-called Madagascar rat on a fallen trunk among plants, within an engraved fret border. Lettered above with the number CCXCV, below with the title "Madagascar Rat" and the signature A. Bell sculpt.
Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the so-called Madagascar rat on a fallen trunk among plants, within an engraved fret border. Lettered above with the number CCXCV, below with the title "Madagascar Rat" and the signature A. Bell sculpt.
Andrew Bell (1726-1809), an Edinburgh engraver and co-founder of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, engraved the natural history illustrations for William Smellie's English translation of Buffon.
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.
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Original engraving of 1791, hand-colored, with the so-called Madagascar rat on a fallen trunk among plants, within an engraved fret border. Lettered above with the number CCXCV, below with the title "Madagascar Rat" and the signature A. Bell sculpt.