Le canard sauvage, mâle et femelle (buffon) ... / Edouard Traviès. – Antique Print
![Le canard sauvage, mâle et femelle (buffon) ... / Edouard Traviès., Paris : Ledot ainé, [ca. 1857] — antique lithograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/42/42398fcb584a-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Le canard sauvage, mâle et femelle (buffon) ... / Edouard Traviès. comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Le canard sauvage, mâle et femelle (buffon) ... / Edouard Traviès.
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A matched pair of wild ducks, the male and female shown side by side, makes this plate distinct from other bird studies on the board. The title credits the naturalist Buffon, whose eighteenth-century *Histoire naturelle* described these birds, and the plate was drawn by Édouard Traviès. It was issued by the Paris publisher Ledot aîné around 1857 as number 42 in the album *Les Oiseaux les plus remarquables*. Color lithography like this let mid-century French publishers sell affordable, scientifically framed bird illustrations to a broad public. Look closely at the plumage differences between the two birds, which the artist used to show how the sexes differed.
| Created / published | Paris : Ledot ainé, [ca. 1857] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : lithograph, color. |
| Genre | Lithographs Color 1850-1860. |
| Notes | In album: Les Oiseaux le plus remarquables. No. 42. |
| Subjects | Ducks--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,457 × 1,168 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-217845 |
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