Published in 1819 by Aaron Martinet (French, 1762-1841). Unsigned, stamped with a floral motif l.r. Hand-colored etching, sight size 14.125 x 9.75 inches (36.0 x 25.0 cm), framed to 23 x 17.5 inches (60 x 44.5 cm).

Condition: Handling creases to corners, subtle foxing, not examined out of frame.

The British Museum, which owns a copy of this print, publishes on their Web site that the title of this satirical print is a pun on the French word "l'ortolan" a plump bird known in English as the bunting. The print is listed in Bibliographie de France (Paris: Chez Pillet Ainé, Imprimeur-Libraire, 1819), #371, p. 283.