Swift Fox

Artist John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

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

Author John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

Date1846

Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored

Dimensions28 x 21 1/2 inches (71.1 x 54.6 cm)

Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965

Object number11.1.9.B.02_Swift Fox

ClassificationsInformation Artifacts

Label TextOn a journey up the Missouri River in 1843, John James Audubon first saw a swift fox, a species found only on the Great Plains of North America. The agent at Fort Clark had captured it in a trap and he gave it to Audubon, who later took it back to keep at his estate in New York. The artist portrayed the fox in a graceful pose.

ProvenanceArtist. unknown [1]. purchased November 25, 1958 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art | 1. In a letter dated Oct. 8, 1958, from Nada Kramar, Washington, D. C., from whom this set was purchased, she states: "This set comes from a descendant of an old New York family whose head was a personal friend of John James Audubon." (see Stark file 13-30, p. 14)

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