A female foetus of six inches in length with over-developed genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749.

  • Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.
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[1749]
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34161i
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A female foetus of six inches in length with over-developed genitals. Engraving by J. Daullé after J. de Sève, 1749. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Buffon became the "intendant" of the Jardin du Roi in 1736 and his Histoire naturelle has, as its base, his descriptive catalogue of the specimens of the "cabinet du roi". The third volume is concerned with the natural history of man. In the introduction to the work, he remarks that, even more than the most exact descriptions and the best illustrations, "Nothing contributes more to the advancement of Natural History, than the continual observation of the objects of which it comprises."

Publication/Creation

[Paris] : [Imprimerie royale], [1749]

Physical description

1 print : engraving ; platemark 21.3 x 16.7 cm

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De Seve del. ; J. Daullé sculp.

References note

Em. Delignières, Catalogue raisonné de l'oeuvre gravé de Jean Daullé, d'Abbeville: précédé d'une notice sur sa vie et ses ouvrages, Extrait des Mémoires de la Société d'Emulation d'Abbeville, Paris 1873, p. 96, no. 132 ("131-132. Deux planches pour un ouvrage d'anatomie, sur la même feuille. La première se compose de trois figures représentant des enfants nouveaux nés ou pendant la grossesse de la mère: tirée d'un vol., tome 3, pl. vi, p. 202. — La deuxième représente un enfant plus grand, les bras et les jambes repliés: même vol., tome 3, pl. vii, p. 202. Les planches sont bordées par un trait. Haut, pour les deux, 0,192; L. 0,150. On lit au bas: De Sève del. J. Daullé sculp. B. Nat., B. Abb.")
Not found in: Marcel Roux, Inventaire du fonds français, graveurs du XVIIIe siècle, Bibliothèque nationale, Département des estampes, tome VI, Paris 1949, pp. 62-133 (inventory of prints by J. Daullé)

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Wellcome Collection 34161i

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Bears no.: Tom. 3 ; Pl. VII page 202

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