| John James Audubon Prints - Havell Edition |
| The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America | |||
| In the 1830s, as the final plates were being completed for John James Audubon's monumental 'Birds of America' series, the artist began to gather material for his second and equally ambitious undertaking. Planning to complete the definitive study of American wildlife, Audubon set out to document the animals of North America, and to present them in a format as impressive and sweeping as that he used for his birds. The result of the artist/naturalist's years of field research, travel, and seemingly endless study was the Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, the outstanding work on American animals produced in the 19th century. The Quadrupeds, as Audubon envisioned, would complete his record of the animal life of North America. The artist's enthusiasm at the start of the Quadrupeds was unbounded. In 1840, Audubon wrote to his friend and collaborator John Bachman, 'I am growing old, but what of this? My spirits are as enthusiastical as ever, my legs fully able to carry my body for ten years to come ... Only think of the quadrupeds of America being presented to the World of Science by Audubon and Bachman.' | |||
| Publication City: New York Medium: Hand-colored lithographs Dimensions: Measuring 27 3/4 inches x 21 1/2 inches Date: 1845-48 | |||
| SELECTIONS FROM THIS WORK | |||
 American Bison or Buffalo (Plate LVI) details |  American Bison or Buffalo (Plate LVII) details |  American Black Bear (Plate CXLI) details |  American Cross Fox (Plate VI) details |  American Elk (Plate LXII) details |  Annulated Marmot Squirrel (Plate LXXIX) details |  Arctic Fox (Plate CXXI) details |  Bachmans Hare (Plate CVIII) details |  Black American Wolf (Plate LXVII) details |  Black Footed Ferret (Plate XCIII) details |  Black Tailed Deer (Plate LXXVIII) details |  Black-tailed Hare (Plate LXIII) details |  Brewer's Shrew Mole (Plate LXXIV) details |  Canada Otter (Plate CXII) details |  Canada Otter (Plate LI) details |  Canada Porcupine (Plate XXXVI) details |  Canada Pouched Rat (Plate XLIV) details |  Caribou (Plate CXXVI) details |  Cat Squirrel (Plate XVII) details |  Collies Squirrel (Plate CIV) details |  Columbia Pouched Rat (Plate CV) details |  Common American Deer (Plate LXXXI) details |  Common Star-Nose Mole(Plate LXIX) details |  Cotton Rat (Plate XXX) details |  Cougar (Plate XCVII) details |  Douglasses Spermophile (Plate XLIX) details |  Dusky Squirrel (Plate CXVII) details |  Florida Rat (Plate IV) details |  Fox Squirrel (Plate LXVIII) details |  Fremont's Squirrel, Sooty Squirrel (Plate CXLIX) details |  Grizzly Bear (Plate CXXXI) details |  Groundhog (Plate II) details |  Hare Indian Dog (Plate CXXXII) details |  Jaguar (Plate CL) details |  Leoconte's Pine Mouse (Plate LXXX) details |  Leopard Cat (Plate LXXXVI) details |  Lewis's Marmot (Plate CVII) details |  Little American Brown Weasel(Plate LXIV) details |  Little Chief Hare (Plate LXXXIII) details |  Little Harvest Mouse (Plate LXV) details |  Long Haired Squirrel (Plate XXVII) details |  Long Tailed Deer (Plate CXVIII) details |  Migratory Squirrel (Plate XXXV) details |  Mink (Plate XXXIII) details |  Moose Deer (Plate LXXVI) details |  Musk Ox (Plate CXI) details |  Norway Rat (Plate LIV) details |  Oregon Flying Squirrel (Plate XV) details |  Parry's Marmot Squirrel (Plate IX) details |  Pennants Marten (Plate XLI) details |  Pine Marten (Plate CXXXVIII) details |  Pine Martin (Plate CXXXVIII) details |  Pouched Jeroba Mouse (Plate CXXX) details |  Prairie Dog (Plate XCIX) details |  Prairie Wolf (Plate LXXI) details |  Prong Horned Antelope (Plate LXXVII) details |  Raccoon (Plate LXI) details |  Red Bellied Squirrel (Plate XXXVIII) details |  Red Texan Wolf (Plate LXXXII) details |  Richardson's Meadow Mouse (Plate CXXXV) details |  Richardson's Spermophile (Plate L) details |  Rocky Mountain Goat (Plate CXXVIII) details |  Rocky Mountain Sheep (Plate LXXIII) details |  Sea Otter (Plate CXXXVII) details |  Seven River Flying Squirrel, Rocky Mountain Flying Squirrel (Plate CXLIII) details |  Sewellel (Plate CXXIII) details |  Southern Pouched Rat, DeKay's Shrew, Long-nosed Shrew, Silvery Shrew-Mole (Plate CL) details |  Swift Fox (Plate LII) details |  Tawny Lemming (Plate CXX) details |  The Camas Rat (Plate CXLII) details |  Townsends Rocky Mountain Hare (Plate III) details |  White American Wolf (Plate LXXII) details |  White Weasel Stoat(Plate LIX) details |  Wilson's Meadow Mouse (Plate XLV) details |  Wolverine (Plate XXVI) details | |
