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Daniel Giraud Elliot
Felis Rubiginosa (Rusty-Spotted Cat) /// Daniel Giraud Elliot Cat Tiger Lion Art

1878-1883

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Artist: Daniel Giraud Elliot (American, 1835-1915) Title: "Felis Rubiginosa (Rusty-Spotted Cat)" (Plate: XXIX - 29) Portfolio: A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of the Cats Year: 1878-1883 (First edition) Medium: Original Hand-Colored Lithograph on heavy unbranded wove paper Limited edition: Unknown Printer: Taylor and Francis; M. & N. Hanhart, London, UK Publisher: Daniel Giraud Elliot, London, UK Reference: Nissen ZBI No. 1279; McGill/Wood page 332 Sheet size: 18.88" x 23.69" Image size: 14.5" x 19.5" Condition: A few tiny spots of discoloration in upper sky. Has been professionally stored away for decades. In excellent condition with strong colors Rare Notes: Provenance: private collection - Aspen, CO. Lithography by Dutch artist Joseph Smit (1836-1929) after a drawing by German artist Joseph Wolf (1820-1899). Comes from Elliot's one volume "A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of the Cats", (1878-1883) (First edition), which consists of 43 hand-colored lithographs, originally issued in 11 parts. Printed in one color from one stone plate: black. The rusty-spotted cat (Prionailurus rubiginosus) is one of the cat family's smallest members, of which historical records are known only from India and Sri Lanka. In 2012, it was also recorded in the western Terai of Nepal. Since 2016, the global wild population is listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List as it is fragmented and affected by loss and destruction of its prime habitat, deciduous forests. Biography: Daniel Giraud Elliot (March 7, 1835 – December 22, 1915) was an American zoologist and the founder of the American Ornithologist Union. He was born in New York City on March 7, 1835, to George and Rebecca Elliot. In 1858, he married Ann Eliza Henderson. From 1869 to 1879, he was in London and established strong links to British ornithologists and naturalists. Elliot used his wealth to publish a series of sumptuous color-plate books on birds and other animals. Elliot wrote the text himself and commissioned artists such as Joseph Wolf and Joseph Smit, both of whom had worked for John Gould, to provide the illustrations. The books included "A Monograph of the Phasianidae (Family of the Pheasants)" (1870–72), "A Monograph of the Paradiseidae or Birds of Paradise" (1873), "A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats" (1878) and "Review of the Primates" (1913). In 1890, he was President of the American Ornithologists' Union. Elliot became the first curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago, and in 1896, accompanied by Carl Akeley, led the museum's expedition to Somaliland, the first African zoological collecting expedition to be mounted by a North American museum. In 1899, Elliot was invited to join the elite Harriman Alaska Expedition to study and document wildlife along the Alaskan coast. Elliot was one of the founders of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, of the American Ornithologists' Union and of the Société zoologique de France. He died in New York City on December 22, 1915, of pneumonia.
  • Creator:
    Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835 - 1915, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1878-1883
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 18.88 in (47.96 cm)Width: 23.69 in (60.18 cm)
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  • Gallery Location:
    Saint Augustine, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU121215087512

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