An 18thC Engraved Representation of the Wild Beast of Gévaudan by John Bayly c.1765 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope or perhaps for flying at

or perhaps for flying at the Olympics

Depth: 19” (at extremities and open)

Stevenson and Howell Ltd

It is ironic now that this type of paintwork is more prized commercially than a mahogany piece of this period

became more androgynous from the 18th into the 19th century

An 18thC Engraved Representation of the Wild Beast of Gévaudan by John Bayly c.1765 sub-Beth Carter @ Doe & Hope or perhaps for flying atOrigin: EnglishPeriod: George IIIProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1765Height: 11. 75Width: 13. 75 (in frame)The very scarce engraving by John Bayly (1755 1782 (fl.), showing a representation of a beast resembling a wolf with a large head, said to have devoured more than 80 persons in the Gvaudan, after a drawing submitted to the Intendant of Alenon in 1765, lettered with a title in English and French and surviving from the very early George III period.