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Supplied Caption: Portrait of Georges Louis Leclerc Buffon. Engraving by Thomas Hart, 18th C., published by William Mackenzie. After François Hubert Drouais, 1727-1775. "…from an original picture in the collection of the Institute of France"
Original Caption: "…from an original picture in the collection of the Institute of France"
Tag(s): Natural history, Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788
