Portrait of George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) mb-width 1958 To the right a boy

To the right a boy picks a handkerchief from a pedestrian's pocket

spears and a trident

8th February 1975

the Conservative Chancellor of the Exchequer

18th March 1961

Portrait of George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) mb-width 1958 To the right a boyHead and shoulders portrait of the Comte de Buffon, head and body half turned to the left as viewed. Frontispiece from the book The natural history of monkeys, by Sir William Jardine (Edinburgh, 1833) The Naturalist's Library. Mammalia. Vol. 1. Inscribed: 'Lizars sc. BUFFON Engraved for the Naturalist's Library.' With a facsimile signature. Buffon was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1740. Original: stipple engraving. 1833