L'Aigrette (Egret), from "Histoire Naturelle de Oiseaux"

François Nicolas Martinet, 1770–86

Artist

François Nicolas Martinet (French, Paris 1731–ca. 1804)

Date

1770–86

Medium

Hand-colored etching and engraving

Size

Plate: 9 5/8 × 8 3/16 in. (24.5 × 20.8 cm) Sheet: 12 3/16 in. × 9 in. (30.9 × 22.8 cm)

Type

Prints

Museum

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Licence

Public domain: free to use, no permission needed