The Quadrupeds of North America
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Artist
John Woodhouse Audubon
(American, 1812 - 1862)
Printer
John T. Bowen
(American, 1801 - 1856)
Lithographer
William E. Hitchcock
(American, about 1823 or 1825 - 1880)
Lithographer
Nagel & Weingaertner
(for 12 plates) (1849 - 1856)
Date1856
Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored; bound with marbleized boards, leather corners and spine
DimensionsOctavo: 10 1/2 x 7 inches (26.7 x 17.8 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.1.12.A
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
DescriptionThis volume contains 50 plates, no date on the title page. R. Trembly & W.E. Hitchcock inscribed on 38 of the 50 plates. Nagel & Weingaertner inscribed on 12 of the plates.Label TextJohn James Audubon portrayed the Grey Rabbit as a family of rabbits. This approach had personal meaning. He wrote a statement explaining the distress he felt as he prepared this image. “I drew this Hare during one of the days of deepest sorrow I have felt in my life, and my only solace was derived from my Labour—This morning our beloved Daughter Eliza died at 2 o’clock—She is now in Heaven, and May our God ever bless her Soul!” Eliza Bachman Audubon was the wife of Victor Gifford Audubon, John James Audubon’s son.
ProvenanceLucy Audubon. unknown. purchased June 27, 1963 thorugh (Edward Eberstadt & Sons, New York, New York) 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
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