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Martinet Engraving

Francois Nicholas Martinet Bird Engraving, circa 1770
Francois Nicholas Martinet Bird Engraving, circa 1770

Francois Nicholas Martinet Bird Engraving, circa 1770

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Downingtown, PA

Francois Nicholas Martinet bird engraving, circa 1770. The framed Francois Martinet engraving is from Buffon's Historie Naturelle des Oiseaux displaed beautifully in a large fram...

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Antique 1770s French Georgian Prints

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Paper

Turtledove of Senegal: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Turtledove of Senegal: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet

Turtledove of Senegal: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Alamo, CA

He is best known for his bird engravings. Martinet also illustrated many plays and operas by Voltaire and others, as well as creating landscapes and scenes of Versailles and portrait...

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1760s Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Engraving

Red & Black Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
Red & Black Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet

Red & Black Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Alamo, CA

He is best known for his bird engravings. Martinet also illustrated many plays and operas by Voltaire and others, as well as creating landscapes and scenes of Versailles and portrait...

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1760s Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Engraving

A Pair of Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet
A Pair of Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet

A Pair of Woodpeckers: An 18th Century Hand-colored Bird Engraving by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Alamo, CA

He is best known for his bird engravings. Martinet also illustrated many plays and operas by Voltaire and others, as well as creating landscapes and scenes of Versailles and portrait...

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1760s Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Engraving

Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet
Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet

Set of Six 18th Century Engravings by Francois Nicholas Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Tetbury, Gloucestershire

The engravings are by Francois Nicholas Martinet (1725-1804) the foremost bird artist of the period, engraver and artist to the French Court.

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Antique 18th Century French Prints

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Paper

Le Millouinan /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck Natural History
Le Millouinan /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck Natural History

Le Millouinan /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck Natural History

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Le Millouinan" (Plate 1002) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the plate (printed signatur...

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1770s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art
Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art

Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Le Harle Femell (The Female Merganser)" (Plate 953) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the...

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1770s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck
Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck

Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art Duck

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Canard de Miclon (Old Squaw)" (1008) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the plate (printed...

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1770s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art
Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art

Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel /// Ornithology Martinet Bird Animal Art

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Sacelle male, de la cote de Coromandel" (Plate 949) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martinet in the...

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1770s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Le Canard a Longue Queue (The Long Tailed Duck) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird
Le Canard a Longue Queue (The Long Tailed Duck) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird

Le Canard a Longue Queue (The Long Tailed Duck) /// Ornithology Martinet Bird

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Saint Augustine, FL

Artist: François-Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731-1800) Title: "Le Canard a Longue Queue (The Long Tailed Duck)" (Plate 954) Portfolio: Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux *Signed by Martin...

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1770s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Watercolor, Laid Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

Six Hand Colored Engravings of Birds in New Frames & Matting. By Martinet.
Six Hand Colored Engravings of Birds in New Frames & Matting. By Martinet.

Six Hand Colored Engravings of Birds in New Frames & Matting. By Martinet.

Located in Washington, DC

François Nicolas Martinet. Martinet engraved illustrations of birds for books by some of the most influential ornithologists in 18th-century France

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Antique Mid-19th Century French Prints

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Glass, Wood, Paper

Pair 17th Century John Johnston Historiae Naturalis Bird Engravings #3
Pair 17th Century John Johnston Historiae Naturalis Bird Engravings #3

Pair 17th Century John Johnston Historiae Naturalis Bird Engravings #3

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Houston, TX

Pair of antique copperplate engravings, from John Johnston's (1603-1675) "Enchiridion historiae naturalis" (1657), in black frames. John Johnston (1603-1675) was a scholar, physicia...

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Antique 17th Century Polish Prints

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Paper

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Starling by Martinet - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century
Starling by Martinet - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century

Starling by Martinet - Handcoloured engraving - 18th century

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

Medium: Handcoloured etching/engraving on hand laid (verge) paper. Location: TPCRC-A21-08 SKU: 50986 Section: TPCRC-MARTINET-VOGELS

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1770s Old Masters Animal Prints

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Engraving, Etching

Nine Francois Martinet Bird Engravings

Nine Francois Martinet Bird Engravings

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in New York, NY

FRANCOIS NICOLAS MARTINET ( B. 1731) From Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux [Natural History of Birds] by George-Louis Marie Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Engravings with original hand col...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Prints

Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot
Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot

Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot

Unavailable

H 24 in W 18 in D 0.25 in

Martinet Copper Plate Engraving of a Parrot

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Sheffield, MA

A large hand-colored copper plate engraving on hand woven paper of a colorful parrot perched on a tree stump by Francois Nicolas Martinet, French, (b.1731-c.1804).

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Antique Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Drawings

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Paper

Pair of Martinet Birds
Pair of Martinet Birds

Pair of Martinet Birds

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in New York, NY

Right: Le Curicaca, de Cayenne by Martinet - Original hand-colored engravings from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late eighteenth-centu...

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Late 18th Century Realist Animal Prints

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Engraving

François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving
François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving

François Nicolas Martinet (1731-1800) Le pigeon ramier de Madacascar Engraving

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Meinisberg, CH

François Nicolas Martinet (French, 1731 - c. 1800) Le Pigeon Ramier de Madacascar (The Wood Pigeon of Madagascar) • 18th century hand colored Copper Plate engraving • Plate No. 192...

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18th Century Naturalistic Animal Prints

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Ink, Watercolor, Laid Paper

Assembled Set Of Four Copperplate Engravings Of Birds By François Martinet
Assembled Set Of Four Copperplate Engravings Of Birds By François Martinet

Assembled Set Of Four Copperplate Engravings Of Birds By François Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Free Union, VA

Hand colored in delicate detail, framed and matted original late 18th century engravings, two with labels visible: “Phalarope de Siberie” and “Pie varié de la Caroline.”

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Antique Late 18th Century Louis XVI Prints

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Giltwood, Paper

Le Vanneau - Suisse by Martinet
Le Vanneau - Suisse by Martinet

Le Vanneau - Suisse by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in New York, NY

Original hand-colored engravings from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late eighteenth-century French ornithological works produced.

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Late 18th Century Realist Animal Prints

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Engraving

Emerillon, de St. Domingue by Martinet
Emerillon, de St. Domingue by Martinet

Emerillon, de St. Domingue by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in New York, NY

Original hand-colored engravings from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late eighteenth-century French ornithological works produced.

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Late 18th Century Realist Animal Prints

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Engraving

Le Curicaca, de Cayenne by Martinet
Le Curicaca, de Cayenne by Martinet

Le Curicaca, de Cayenne by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in New York, NY

Original hand-colored engravings from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late eighteenth-century French ornithological works produced.

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Late 18th Century Realist Animal Prints

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Engraving

Le Geai, de la Chine by Martinet
Le Geai, de la Chine by Martinet

Le Geai, de la Chine by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in New York, NY

Original hand-colored engravings from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late eighteenth-century French ornithological works produced.

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Late 18th Century Realist Animal Prints

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Engraving

Femelle du Calao, de l'Isle Panay by Martinet
Femelle du Calao, de l'Isle Panay by Martinet

Femelle du Calao, de l'Isle Panay by Martinet

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in New York, NY

Original hand-colored engravings from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux, one of the most important and comprehensive late eighteenth-century French ornithological works produced.

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Late 18th Century Realist Animal Prints

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Engraving

19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings
19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

Unavailable

H 19.5 in W 15.25 in D 1.5 in

19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

Located in Boston, MA

19th century martinet bird engravings with later hand coloring in black painted frames.

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Antique 19th Century Paintings

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Paint

19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings
19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

Unavailable

H 19.5 in W 15.25 in D 1.5 in

19th Century Martinet Bird Engravings

Located in Boston, MA

19th century martinet bird engravings with later hand coloring in black painted frames.     

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Antique 19th Century Paintings

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Paint

Cameleon.

François Nicolas MartinetCameleon., 1770-1786

Unavailable

H 11.82 in W 8.63 in

Cameleon.

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant

Depiction of a chameleon. Engraving, originally hand colored on laid paper.

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Late 18th Century Animal Prints

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Engraving

Shore Bird
Shore Bird

François Nicolas MartinetShore Bird, 1800

Unavailable

H 8.5 in W 7 in D 1 in

Shore Bird

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Raleigh, NC

Hand colored Martinet shore bird engraving on laid paper. Wonderful condition with frame.

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19th Century Realist Prints and Multiples

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Engraving

Set of Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds, 1770-1786
Set of Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds, 1770-1786

Set of Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds, 1770-1786

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Downingtown, PA

Set of Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Birds, Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux, (Twelve engravings), 1770-1786.

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Antique Late 18th Century Georgian Decorative Art

Set of 12 18th Century Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Parrots
Set of 12 18th Century Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Parrots

Set of 12 18th Century Francois Nicolas Martinet Engravings of Parrots

By François Nicolas Martinet

Located in Downingtown, PA

Set of Francois Nicolas Martinet engravings of parrots, Histoire Naturelle Des Oiseaux, 1770-1786.

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Antique 1770s Georgian Prints

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Paper

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Martinet Engraving For Sale on 1stDibs

Find many varieties of an authentic martinet engraving available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of paper, paint and burl, every martinet engraving was constructed with great care. Whether you’re looking for an older or newer martinet engraving, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. When you’re browsing for the right martinet engraving, those designed in Georgian, Regency and Louis XVI styles are of considerable interest. You’ll likely find more than one martinet engraving that is appealing in its simplicity, but Francois Nicolas Martinet, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon and George Edwards produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Martinet Engraving?

A martinet engraving can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price 1stDibs is $723, while the lowest priced sells for $165 and the highest can go for as much as $27,500.