The Quadrupeds of North America
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Artist
John Woodhouse Audubon
(American, 1812 - 1862)
Lithographer
John T. Bowen
(American, 1801 - 1856)
Author
John Bachman
(1790-1874)
Publisher
Victor Gifford Audubon
(1809-1860)
Date1849-1854
Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored with watercolor, printed text; bound with beige paper covers
DimensionsOctavo: 10 3/4 × 7 1/4 inches (27.3 × 18.4 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.1.10.Z
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Description31 original parts in 3 volumes with 155 plates total. The parts have beige paper covers and are stored in brown cloth portfolios (3 volumes). This is the first octavo edition.ProvenancePurchased July 3, 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
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Paul Kane
after 1848 [narrative covers October 7, 1846 – September 12, 1848]
Physical/Intellectual