Swift Fox

Artist John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

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

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

Date1851

Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored

DimensionsOcatvo: 7 1/8 x 10 3/8 inches (18.1 x 26.3 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, 1977

Object number91.100.313

ClassificationsPrints

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.

ProvenanceMrs. Hazel Rawls, Orange, Texas; purchased May 3, 1977 by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art

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