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Artist/Maker	Baquoy, Jean Charles (artist)
Place of origin	France (made)

Bat viewed in profile, facing to the right of the image, sitting on the ground in front of a stone-built ruin. Its head is turned to the viewer.
Sheet has been trimmed, with the loss of part of the plain border along the top and bottom of the image.

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Categories	Prints Animals and Wildlife
Object type	Print
Materials and techniques	Intaglio print on paper Paper Printing Ink Intaglio
Brief description	Bat viewed in profile, facing to the right of the image, sitting on the ground in front of a stone-built ruin. Its head is turned to the viewer. Intaglio print on paper after Jean Charles Baquoy. France, circa 1760s.
Physical description	Bat viewed in profile, facing to the right of the image, sitting on the ground in front of a stone-built ruin. Its head is turned to the viewer. Sheet has been trimmed, with the loss of part of the plain border along the top and bottom of the image.
Dimensions	Approx size of sheet height: 6.3cm Approx size of sheet width: 10.8cm Approx size of image height: 6cm Approx size of image width: 7.3cm Measured by DH 25/06/2010. NB: Sheet is cut slightly irregularly.
Subjects depicted	Ruin Bat
Associated object	29638:173
Bibliographic reference	A version of this print was engraved by Jean Charles Baquoy as plate 17 in the book 'Histoire naturelle, généralle et particuliére, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi' by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and Louis Jean Marie Daubenton, volume 8, (Paris, 1760).
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	29638:172

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O954554/print-baquoy-jean-charles/

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