Antique Print-CHENIL-KENNEL-ZOO-PARIS-Lemaout-Jacque-1843

Subject: Antique print, titled: 'Le Chenil' - The Kennel, view of a dog kennel in a zoo in the 'Jardin des Plantes' in Paris.

Condition: Excellent, given age. Left edge uneven from binding. A small rust stain in the left edge in the top left of the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

Medium: Etching on wove paper.

Size (in cm): The overall size is ca. 17.5 x 26.5 cm. The image size is ca. 11.5 x 17 cm.

Size (in inch): The overall size is ca. 6.9 x 10.4 inch. The image size is ca. 4.5 x 6.7 inch.

Part Number: 51604

Location: C331-43

Description: M. le Docteur Emm. Lemaout: "Le Jardin des Plantes, Deuxieme Volume: Description Complete, historique et pittoresque du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle", Paris: Curmer, 1843.

Artists and Engravers: Made by 'Ch. Jacque' after own design. Author: Jean-Emmanuel-Marie Le Maout (1799-1877) was a French naturalist.In 1842, Le Maout qualified as a physician at the University of Paris, where he became a demonstrator of natural sciences in the Faculty of Medicine. Later he gave private lessons in literature and natural history. He was decorated with the Legion d'honneur in 1869.