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John James Audubon"Little Harvest Mouse": A Framed Original Audubon Hand-colored Folio Lithograph 1845
1845
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This rare original first edition Audubon hand-colored imperial folio-sized lithograph entitled "Mud Minimus Aud and Bach, Little Harvest Mouse, Males and Females, Natural Size" was engraved and hand-colored by J. T. Bowen after a drawing and painting by John James Audubon and published in 1845 in Philadelphia, as plate 65 in Audubon's monumental publication 'The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America'. There were approximately 300 sets of the imperial folio sized quadrupeds produced.
This large hand-colored imperial folio-sized lithograph is printed on cream-colored wove paper. It is presented in a black antiqued wood frame and a cream-colored mat. It is lazed with UV conservation glass. All of the mounting materials are archival. The frame measures 34.5" high by 29.5" wide by 1.5" deep. There are a few tiny, faint spots, as well as short shallow wrinkles in the upper sheet, but the print is otherwise in very good condition.
John James Audubon (1785-1851) was a naturalist and artist. He was initially unsuccessful financially prior to the publication of his famous work “The Birds of America”, spending time in debtor’s prison, once stabbing a disgruntled investor in self-defense. However, his obsession with birds and art motivated him to persist in his goal of documenting every bird in America via his watercolor paintings and publishing his works for all to enjoy. Audubon's first illustrations were published in a large elephant folio size. Due to their expense they were purchased in rather small numbers by the wealthy. To reach a larger audience, Audubon, with the help of his sons and J. T. Bowen, published a smaller octavo sized lithograph version, which were much more affordable.
With the success of his bird projects, Audubon then turned his attention to four-legged animals. He explored the Missouri River in 1843 sketching the four-legged animals he encountered in their natural setting. His expedition covered some of the same regions recently explored by Lewis and Clark, traveling from present day Alaska to Mexico. Audubon realized that this was an opportunity to document these animals in the still relatively pristine American wilderness, before man encroached on their environment.
Between 1845 and 1848, Audubon and his sons John Woodhouse Audubon and Victor Gifford Audubon produced a set of elephant folio sized lithographs that were primarily engraved and hand colored by J. T. Bowen in Philadelphia. The publication, which included text descriptions of the animals was published 3 years before Audubon died. As with the birds, this was followed by a three-volume set of 155 octavo-sized plates entitled “The Quadrupeds of North America” completed and published by Audubon’s sons, John, Jr. and Victor.
Audubon prints continue to be popular and a wise investment. The double elephant folio set “The Birds of America” have sold at auction for as much as $8.8 million, and individual plates may sell for six figures.
- Creator:John James Audubon (1785-1851, American, French)
- Creation Year:1845
- Dimensions:Height: 34.5 in (87.63 cm)Width: 29.5 in (74.93 cm)Depth: 1.5 in (3.81 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Alamo, CA
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John James Audubon
John James Audubon (April 26, 1785, Les Cayes, Saint-Domingue (later Haiti) – January 27, 1851 (aged 65) Manhattan, New York, U.S.), born Jean-Jacques Audubon, was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species.
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