Brown Bear
All Resolutions
Description:
Hand-colored steel engraving showing a brown bear (Ursus arctos) seen from the side with her cubs frolicking in the background in a somewhat rocky and sparsely wooded landscape.
The full caption reads in the original French:
1ére série. Quadrupèdes sans os marsupiaux. (Is. G. St. Hil.)
4ème ordre — Carnassiers. Carnivores. Ours brun (Ursus arctos, Linn.). 1/15 de grandeur naturelle.