Caption

William Smellie (1740-1795) Scottish printer, naturalist and antiquarian. He completed the first English translation of Buffon's Natural History (1780) . From The Naturalist's Library, edited by William Jardine (Edinburgh and London 1839-1854) . Copperplate engraving, Historical, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th century original, Record date not stated

Date

Aug 02, 2024

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Sunny Celeste

Reference

BRK24E47_256

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No

Property release

No

License type

Royalty free

Available size

38,9Mb (2,6Mb) / 11,3in x 13,3in / 3399 x 4000 (300dpi)

Keywords

1900s 19th century Archaeologist Britain British Edinburgh England Europe Great Britain Historic illustration Historical illustration Human being London Lothian Natural history No People North Europe Northern Europe People Scotch Scotland Scottish UK United Kingdom academic ancient times antiquarian antiquity bibliothec black colouring contemporary copper engraving copy date depiction deserted digital drawing drawn empty english engraved image engraving european exploration explore explorer exploring former historic historical history illustration library natural science natural scientific natural scientist naturalist nature nineteenth century no one nobody open air person printer public institution reconstruction refurbishment replica replication representation reproduction research researcher restoration restoration work restored science scientific scientific research scientist scot scotsman sketch story tale translate translation travel photography uninhabited university graduate vintage woodcut woodprint xylograph