A Copper Plate Engraving of a Canada Goose by Francois-Nicholas Martinet. Hand coloured. Dated 1770. Size: 23.5 x 28.7 cms.

Oye Sauvage de Canada.

An original copper plate engraving of a Canada Goose.

Drawn and engraved by Francois-Nicholas Martinet.

Hand coloured. Printed on strong cream coloured paper.

From The Comte de Buffon’s Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, published in Paris from 1770 to 1786. Book 6. Plate 26.

Size: 25.3 x 36 cms with the engraved part of the image measuring 23.5 x 28.7 cms.

Dated 1770.

Condition: Very Good. The engraved part of the image does not sit evenly upon the paper on which it is printed. This would not present a problem were the image to be framed. There a strong vertical crease running vertically through the piece and one fainter line. These are in consequence of the image having been folded into a book. There are a couple of small spots of foxing across the surface of the image. It is otherwise fresh and very clean.