Artist: Robert Bénard (France 1734 – 1777), after.
Engraver: Pietro Scattaglia (Italy 1739 ca-1810).
Title: Le Serval. Les Chats.
Signed, Numbered, and Titled: Pl. 96. Fig. 4. Le Serval. Fig. 1ere. Le Chat d' Espagne. Fig. 3. Le Chat brun. Fig 2. Le Chat des Chartreux. Scattaglia dir. Historie Naturelle, Quadrupedes. 100.
Dimensions: Image 9 1/8" x 6 1/2". Plate 12" x 9".
Publisher: Charles-Joseph Panckoucke (France 1736 – 1798)
Edition: Encyclopédie méthodique par ordre des matières. Paris, 1782 - 1832
Date: c. 1790.
Materials and Techniques: copper engraving on laid paper.
Watermark: yes
Mat and Frame: no
Condition: Blank verso. Discolored paper. A detailed condition report is available on demand.
Part of: Historie Naturelle, Quadrupeds.
Note: engraving presumably comes from the Italian (counterfeit?) edition of the Encyclopédie méthodique, Padua. Scattaglia reused many of engraver Robert Bénard's plates.