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)
Date1860
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.C
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
DescriptionThis volume contains 50 plates. R. Trembly & W.E. Hitchcock inscribed on 38 of the 50 plates. Nagel & Weingaertner inscribed on 12 of the plates.Label TextThe Quadrupeds of North America was the title of John James Audubon’s book on mammals in the octavo format. It is the smaller sized book of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. (See the Caribou, or American Reindeer in this gallery for the larger size print.) This volume is open to the Arctic Fox. John Woodhouse Audubon, son of John James Audubon, drew this animal. His model was “a fine living dog in the Zoological Gardens at London.” J.J. Audubon and co-author John Bachman wrote, “This animal is well adapted to endure the severest cold.”
ProvenanceLucy Audubon. Harriette B. 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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