An albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin. Engraving by Schmitz after J. de Sève.

  • Sève, Jacques de, active 1742-1788.
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An albino woman of African descent, with white instead of black skin. Engraving by Schmitz after J. de Sève. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A young woman from the island of Dominica named Geneviève, aged about 18 years when examined by Buffon in April 1777

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1 print : line engraving with etching ; border 12.9 x 8.2 cm

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De Seve: del. Schmitz sculp

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Wellcome Collection 2919i

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Possibly a plate to an edition of Buffon's 'Histoire naturelle', vol. 8, supplement 9, pl. 1, p. 388

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After an engraving (Wellcome Collection 2918i) by C. Guttenberg after J. de Sève, published in Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière. Servant de suite à l'histoire naturelle de l'homme. Supplément, tome quatrième, Paris: Imprimerie royale, 1777, pl. I f.p. 564 (with description on pp. 559-565)

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