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 AUDUBON, John Woodhouse
American Cross Fox
New York: V.G. Audubon, [no date but circa 1849-1854]. Hand-coloured lithograph, after J.J. Audubon, printed by Nagel & Weingaertner. Very good condition apart from some slight marginal soiling and a small, repaired tear just into the sky. Image size (including text): 9 x 5 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 7 x 10 1/4 inches.
'The plates are to my eye most beautiful' (John Bachman). A fine image from the first octavo edition of Audubon's final great natural history work on the quadrupeds of the United States (including Texas, California and Oregon), as well as part of Mexico, the British and Russian possessions and the Arctic regions.
With the success of the octavo edition of the "Birds of America" in mind, a similar edition of the Quadrupeds was envisaged from an early stage. The folio edition was published in 30 numbers between 1845 and 1854, and publication of the first octavo edition began in 1849 and was also completed in 1854. The "Quadrupeds is a natural-history and artistic triumph. Audubon, James Bachman, John [Woodhouse Audubon], who painted fully one-half of the animals, and Victor [Audubon] and Maria Martin, who supplied many of the backgrounds, had produced truly exceptional work for the Quadrupeds.... the subscribers saw that Audubon had brought the same liveliness and sense of movement to the animals that characterized his birds... Still other viewers... realized that, just as with the Birds, the landscapes played a significant role in these compositions: they told something of the animal's habitat and provided visual interest for the viewer... [Audubon wrote] 'I cannot help copying nature.' That is Audubon's ultimate virtue." (Ron Tyler 'The Publication of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America' in John James Audubon in the West The Last Expedition, New York, 2000, pp.177-182.)
Bennett, p. 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Reese Stamped With A National Character 38; Wood, p. 208
#19976 $400.00  
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 AUDUBON, John Woodhouse
Californian Hare [Pl. 112]
[Pl. 112]. New York: V.G. Audubon, [no date but circa 1849-1854]. Hand-coloured lithograph, after J.J. Audubon by E. Hitchcock, printed by J.T. Bowen. Very good condition apart from some slight marginal soiling. Image size (including text): 9 x 5 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 7 x 10 1/4 inches.
'The plates are to my eye most beautiful' (John Bachman). A fine image from the first octavo edition of Audubon's final great natural history work on the quadrupeds of the United States (including Texas, California and Oregon), as well as part of Mexico, the British and Russian possessions and the Arctic regions.
With the success of the octavo edition of the "Birds of America" in mind, a similar edition of the Quadrupeds was envisaged from an early stage. The folio edition was published in 30 numbers between 1845 and 1854, and publication of the first octavo edition began in 1849 and was also completed in 1854. The "Quadrupeds is a natural-history and artistic triumph. Audubon, James Bachman, John [Woodhouse Audubon], who painted fully one-half of the animals, and Victor [Audubon] and Maria Martin, who supplied many of the backgrounds, had produced truly exceptional work for the Quadrupeds.... the subscribers saw that Audubon had brought the same liveliness and sense of movement to the animals that characterized his birds... Still other viewers... realized that, just as with the Birds, the landscapes played a significant role in these compositions: they told something of the animal's habitat and provided visual interest for the viewer... [Audubon wrote] 'I cannot help copying nature.' That is Audubon's ultimate virtue." (Ron Tyler 'The Publication of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America' in John James Audubon in the West The Last Expedition, New York, 2000, pp.177-182.)
Bennett, p. 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Reese Stamped With A National Character 38; Wood, p. 208
#18735$500.00
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 AUDUBON, John Woodhouse
Esquimaux Dog [Pl. 113]
[Pl. 113]. New York: J.J. Audubon, 1847. Lithograph, coloured by hand, by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia. (Small tears to blank margins, lower right corner with small section torn away). Sheet size: 21 5/8 x 27 13/16 inches.
A fine double portrait of the Eskimo Dog, from the greatest illustrated natural history work to be produced in America during the nineteenth century.
"Our drawing was made from a fine living Dog... The animal, as the name imports, is the constant companion of the Esquimaux and is found among various tribes of Indians farther north in the Arctic regions. Our figures do not show these animals as very closely allied to the wolf; on the contrary, their look of intelligence would indicate that they posess sagacity and aptitude of man's service equal at least to that of many favorite breeds of Dog. " (Quadrupeds, II, p.58)
This very fine plate is from the folio edition of John James Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, produced entirely in the United States. The work was to be John James Audubon's last, and by 1846 he had to hand over the drawing of the final 50 or so plates to his sons, John Wodehouse and Victor Audubon. The final parts of this work of national importance were published after his death in 1851, but the images remain as a final fitting memorial to the greatest American wildlife artist who ever lived.
The production of the Quadrupeds was begun by John James Audubon and his sons at about the same as the commercially-successful octavo edition of The Birds of America. Unlike the double-elephant folio, the Quadrupeds was produced entirely in the United States. William Reese notes that "By 1843 the Audubon family business was a well-oiled machine, involving John James, his two sons,... and various in-laws and friends. The octavo Birds was still in production when J.T. Bowen began to produce the plates for the elephant folio edition of the Quadrupeds, the largest successful color plate book project of 19th-century America. It took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The massive project was a commercial success, thanks to the close management of Victor. There were about three hundred subscribers." (Stamped with a National Character pp.58-59)
Cf. Bennett, p. 5; cf. Reese Stamped With A National Character 36; cf. Sabin 2367; cf. Wood, p. 209
#5688$6,500.00
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 AUDUBON, John Woodhouse
Hare-Indian Dog [Pl. 132]
[Pl. 132]. New York: J.J. Audubon, 1848. Lithograph, coloured by hand, by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia. (Small chips to three corners). Sheet size: 21 1/16 x 27 1/4 inches.
A fine image of the Hare Indian Dog, from the greatest illustrated natural history work to be produced in America during the nineteenth century.
"This Dog resembles the Wolf more than the Fox. It is more domestic than many of the Wolf-like dogs of the plains. The Indians north of the Great Lakes use it in hunting, but not as a beast of burden or for draught." (Quadrupeds, II, p.58)
This very fine plate is from the folio edition of John James Audubon's The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, produced entirely in the United States. The work was to be John James Audubon's last, and by 1846 he had to hand over the drawing of the final 50 or so plates to his sons, John Wodehouse and Victor Audubon. The final parts of this work of national importance were published after his death in 1851, but the images remain as a final fitting memorial to the greatest American wildlife artist who ever lived.
The production of the Quadrupeds was begun by John James Audubon and his sons at about the same as the commercially-successful octavo edition of The Birds of America. Unlike the double-elephant folio, the Quadrupeds was produced entirely in the United States. William Reese notes that "By 1843 the Audubon family business was a well-oiled machine, involving John James, his two sons,... and various in-laws and friends. The octavo Birds was still in production when J.T. Bowen began to produce the plates for the elephant folio edition of the Quadrupeds, the largest successful color plate book project of 19th-century America. It took the family five years to publish 150 plates in thirty parts. The massive project was a commercial success, thanks to the close management of Victor. There were about three hundred subscribers." (Stamped with a National Character pp.58-59)
Cf. Bennett, p. 5; cf. Reese Stamped With A National Character 36; cf. Sabin 2367; cf. Wood, p. 209
#5689$6,500.00
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 AUDUBON, John Woodhouse
Northern Hare
New York: V.G. Audubon, [no date but circa 1849-1854]. Hand-coloured lithograph, after J.J. Audubon by Wm. E. Hitchcock, printed by J.T. Bowen. Very good condition . Image size (including text): 9 x 5 1/4 inches. Sheet size: 7 x 10 1/4 inches.
'The plates are to my eye most beautiful' (John Bachman). A fine image from the first octavo edition of Audubon's final great natural history work on the quadrupeds of the United States (including Texas, California and Oregon), as well as part of Mexico, the British and Russian possessions and the Arctic regions.
With the success of the octavo edition of the "Birds of America" in mind, a similar edition of the Quadrupeds was envisaged from an early stage. The folio edition was published in 30 numbers between 1845 and 1854, and publication of the first octavo edition began in 1849 and was also completed in 1854. The "Quadrupeds is a natural-history and artistic triumph. Audubon, James Bachman, John [Woodhouse Audubon], who painted fully one-half of the animals, and Victor [Audubon] and Maria Martin, who supplied many of the backgrounds, had produced truly exceptional work for the Quadrupeds.... the subscribers saw that Audubon had brought the same liveliness and sense of movement to the animals that characterized his birds... Still other viewers... realized that, just as with the Birds, the landscapes played a significant role in these compositions: they told something of the animal's habitat and provided visual interest for the viewer... [Audubon wrote] 'I cannot help copying nature.' That is Audubon's ultimate virtue." (Ron Tyler 'The Publication of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America' in John James Audubon in the West The Last Expedition, New York, 2000, pp.177-182.)
Bennett, p. 5; Nissen ZBI 163; Reese Stamped With A National Character 38; Wood, p. 208
#19975$500.00
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