Nine-Banded Armadillo

Artist John Woodhouse Audubon (American, 1812 - 1862)

Lithographer William E. Hitchcock (American, about 1823 or 1825 - 1880)

Lithographer John T. Bowen (American, 1801 - 1856)

Date1849-1860

Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored

DimensionsOctavo: 6 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (17.5 x 27 cm)
Frame: 13 3/4 × 17 3/4 × 7/8 inches (34.9 × 45.1 × 2.2 cm)

Credit LinePurchase of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation, 1991

Object number91.101.112

ClassificationsPrints

Label TextJohn James Audubon, his sons, and their father-in-law produced The Quadrupeds of North America. John Woodhouse Audubon drew the armadillo for his father’s project. John Woodhouse had traveled to Texas in 1837 and again in 1845-46. Yet, he had difficulty finding armadillos. He finally used a preserved skin for the image source. The Rev. John Bachman wrote the most of the text for the publication. He called the armadillo a “singular production of nature.” He wrote that the armadillo resembles “a small pig saddled with a shell of a turtle.”

ProvenancePurchased 1991 through (The Old Print Shop, New York, NY); accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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