Description Medium: Etching on hand laid (verge) paper. Sheet size: 18.8 x 14.5 cm (7.4 x 5.71 inch). Image size: 18.8 x 14.5 cm. (7.4 x 5.71 inch). Condition: good, given age. Light soiling. Trimmed to the image. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully. FESSARD, HEN, POULTRY, CHICKEN, CRESTED HEN, 18TH CENTURY, FRENCH PRINT, ANIMAL ENGRAVING | PCO-C25-11 BACKGROUND INFORMATION From a French veterinary dictionary possibly an earlier ed. of ‘Dictionaire Veterinaire’ by P.J. Duchoz, 1775, which shows plates with captions above. Biography engraver: Claude-Mathieu Fessard (1740-ca. 1803), often referred to as “Fessard l’A?n?”, was a French burin engraver and print publisher active in Paris. Known for natural history plates and reproductive engravings after other artists. Elder brother of Marin Fessard.