Geay bleu, du Canada (Canadian Blue Jay)
François Nicholas Martinet, French, 1731 - 1796/1804
about 1765
Hand colored etching on laid paper
Impression: 10 × 8 1/4 in. (25.4 × 21 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
PR.X.121
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
1600-1800
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in plate, lower left: Martinet.; lower center: Geay bleu, du Canada.; upper left: 529.
Provenance
Source unknown.
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