"The Village Betrothal" from a painting by Jean-Louis Greuze

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Polar Bear This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges- Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was made the keep

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal White-Banded Patas Monkey This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Female Panther This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was made the k

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Lynx This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was made the keeper of t

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Male Panther (leopard) This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was ma

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Hairy Armadillo This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was made the

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Fox This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was made the keeper of th

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Tiger wild-cat This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was made the k

Flora & Fauna - line art - an 18th century engraving Animal Walrus This image is from Buffon`s "Natural History" first published in 1766 by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Compte de Buffon. The compte, a scientist from Montbard, France, was made the keeper o

Paintings & Engravings - engraving - France "Napoleon crossing the St. Bernard" by Jacques-Louis David (1748 - 1826) David lived in a time of tumultuous change in the world. A committed revolutionary, David painted one of the most famous images of th

Artifacts - Porcelain - France A S_vres Vase c. 1760 S_vres was a suburb of Paris where this elegant and rare porcelain was manufactured in a factory established by Louis XV and his mistress Madame Pompadour Its distinctive color was named in honor of th

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