SCIURUS MIGRATORIUS, BACH. MIGRATORY SQUIRREL
Artist: John James Audubon
Price:
$8,000.00
Medium: Prints
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Creation Date: 1845
Materials: Lithograph
Dimensions: 28" x 22" x 1"
Condition: Very Good (-)
Mild discoloration, crinkling, and several small tears along all edges of print; one larger tear near top right corner and another near the top left corner; small hole near top left corner; light soiling along top edge of print.
Finish: Unframed
About the Item: Philadelphia: 1845. Full color lithograph of Migratory Squirrels. This is plate No. 7 from the imperial folio edition of hand-colored stone lithographs drawn by J.J. Audubon and J.W. Audubon, with many backgrounds by V.G. Audubon; transferred to stone by W.E. Hitchcock and R. Trembly; lithographed and printed by J.T. Bowen.
About The Artist
John James Audubon (1785 -1851) was born Jean-Jacques Rabin in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti). He was a French-American self-trained artist, naturalist, and ornithologist. His combined interests in art and ornithology lead him to make a complete pictorial record of all the bird species of North America. He was notable for his extensive studies documenting all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations, which depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His most renowned work is a color-plate book titled The Birds of America (1827–1839) is considered one of the finest ornithological studies ever assembled.
The lithograph being offered for sale is from Audubon's last great work which focused his keen powers of observation on the world of mammals. He prepared The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845–1849) in collaboration with his good friend Rev. John Bachman of Charleston, South Carolina, who supplied much of the scientific text. His son, John Woodhouse Audubon, drew most of the plates. The work was completed by Audubon's sons and the second volume was published posthumously in 1851.
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