print room: John James and John Woodhouse Audubon
    The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America


Portrait of John James Audubon by John Woodhouse Audubon (from Plate 78 Black-tailed Deer).

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Plate 136 (JWA). Common or Virginian Deer. One of the best images in the Quads series.  Full sheet with bottom margin repairs. DETAIL PHOTO  $18,500

All prints guaranteed authentic.  Sheet dimensions are imperial or elephant folio (originally 28 x 22 inches before they were bound, this typically yields prints that are 27 x 21 inches).  Visit the study to learn more about the Imperial Folio, and the collaboration between John James Audubon and his son John Woodhouse Audubon. Artist for each plate identified by initials. 

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Plate 12 Northern Hare (Winter) (JJA).  Excellent condition, beautiful color.  Life-size depiction of a Snowshoe Hare in its winter pelage.  26-1/2 x 21 inches. One of our favorites! $4,000.

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Plate 13 Musk Rat-Musquash (JJA). Colorful family grouping of an important water animal.  $1,200 DETAIL PHOTO

 

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Plate 17 Cat Squirrel (JJA).  Audubon's brilliance shines through as he captures these large squirrels (in reality fox squirrels) in all imaginable positions. $2,500.  DETAIL PHOTO

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Plate 31 Collared Peccary (JJA). A startingly real depiction, the peccary is shown with a favorite food, the prickly pear.  Also called javelina and musk hog, this is a popular game animal in the southwest.  DETAIL PHOTO  $9,500.

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Plate 30 Cotton Rat (JJA) Rats in a garden with a flowering sweet potato vine; farmer's house and rice fields in distance.  DETAIL PHOTO  $1,500.

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Plate 32 Polar Hare.  (JJA).  Arctic Hare, the largest of North American hares. This plate provides a life-sized portrait of a very large and handsome bunny. $7,250.

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Plate 42 Common American Skunk - Female. (JJA). An exceptional example of Audubon's artistry, this plate is popular for its depiction of a mother fiercely defending her young. Overall very good, measuring about 27-1/4 x 20-1/2 inches. DETAIL PHOTO  $4,950.

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Plate 56 American Bison or Buffalo - Male. (JJA). One of the top images in the Imperial Folio.  Most of plate and part number trimmed away; very slight trimming into image on the sides.  Measures 23-3/4 x 18-3/4 inches.  $6,500.

 

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Plate 65 Little Harvest Mouse (JJA).  Charming image of eastern harvest mice enjoying corn on the cob. Eating only small amounts of grain to supplement their regular diet, this species not considered harmful to agricultural interests.  $1,800.

 

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Plate 71 Prairie Wolf (JWA). Colorful and large image of the coyote.  A versatile and important animal whose range has been spreading into unexpected places.  Full sheet.  $10,750

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 Plate 77 Prong-horned Antelope (JWA).  Lovely image of three antelope.  Excellent condition, minor handling creases.  SOLD

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 Plate 82 Red Texan Wolf (JWA).  Handsome image of a lone wolf along a river bank.  Overall excellent condition, super color.  SOLD

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Plate 87 American Red Fox (JJA). This dramatic image makes an important statement about human cruelty to wildlife.  This print has outstanding color.  $5,250

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Plate 83 Little Chief Hare.  Animal now known as the Pika above a beautiful western canyon.  $900.  DETAIL PHOTO

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Plate 93 Black-footed Ferret (JWA)  Endangered species, elusive and rarely seen even in the 19th century.  A favorite.  SOLD

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Plate 90 Common Mouse  (JWA).  Art by John Woodhouse but credited to John James. Slightly trimmed with some paper repairs. Trimming does not affect image or text.  Very charming with beautiful color.  $9,500.

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Plate 91 Polar Bear (JWA).  Excellent with close trimming at bottom edge of title, no loss of text. Lovely color in this beautiful and important image.  Includes a hand-painted mat if desired. (27 x 19 inches.) $7,500.

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Plate 96 The Cougar (Male) (JWA).  Dramatic image of a mountain lion with downed cow.  Excellent with fine color. SOLD

 

 

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Plate 97 The Cougar (Female & Young). (JWA).  Tender portrait of a mountain lion and cub.  Full sheet, excellent margins, some tape. SOLD

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Plate 98 Ring-tailed Bassaris (JWA). Excellent condition and color. The only plate in the series for which an Audubon served as the lithographic artist, this plate marked "Drawn on stone by J. W. Audubon." This western animal now known as the Ringtail.  $3,000.

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Plate 102 Large-tailed Skunk (JWA).  Excellent condition and color.  This plate depicts the hooded skunk, a southwestern species. Frame and/or silk-wrapped mat (including UV glazing) available for cost of shipping. $4,500.

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Plate 111 Musk Ox (JWA).  Excellent condition with fine color.  Handsome rendition of this Northern animal. SOLD

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Plate 118 Long-tailed Deer (JWA).  A beautiful image of a running deer, this plate depicts the Columbian White-tailed Deer. Once endangered, this Oregon species was delisted in 2003.  SOLD

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Plate 125 American Marsh Shrew (JWA) This beautiful image is enhanced by a lovely landscape. $1,200

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Plate 138 Pine Marten (JWA). Colorful member of the weasel family, shown with prey. Two tears in right margin, one just touching edge of image.  $1,000

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Plate 141. American Black Bear (JWA). Very good condition and color, one margin repair.  Another important image. 27-1/8 x 21-1/4 inches. SOLD

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Plate 148 Tawny Weasel (JWA). Outstanding color. Dramatic encounter between a long-tailed weasel and a chicken.  Includes handsome barnyard background by Victor Audubon.  $1,200

Plate 2 Maryland Marmot, Ground Hog, Woodchuck (JJA).  $1,800.

Plate 44 Canada Pouched Rat (JJA).  Plains pocket gopher.  In a nice setting of yellow flowers.  $500.

Plate 69 Star-nosed mole (JJA).  Two moles in a landscape with sailboats in background.  Great details.  $250.

Plate 75 Carolina Shrew (JJA).  Three short-tailed shrews.  In archival mat -- stains in margin will mat out.  $300.

Plate 110. Mole-shaped Pouched Rat (JWA).   Northern Pocket Gopher.  Beautiful setting.  $400.

Plate 120. Richardson's Tawny Lemming and Back's Lemming (JWA).  Now considered two subspecies of the Brown Lemming.  Beautiful mountain lake background.  $400.

Plate 129. Northern Meadow-Mouse (JWA). Northern Bog Lemming (also known as the lemming mouse.) Plate number misprinted at CXXIV (124) with hand-correction to CXXIX. Nice colors. $400.

Plate 130 Pouched Jerboa Mouse (JWA). Phillips' Kangaroo Rat.  Pretty colors, crease in sky area.  $250.

Plate 144 Townsend's Arvicola / Sharp-nosed Arvicola / Bank Rat (JWA).  Townsend's Vole / Meadow Vole / Marsh Rice Rat.  Lovely background with three nice-looking critters. $450.

Plate 150.  Southern Pouched Rat / DeKay's Shrew / Silvery Shrew Mole / Long-nosed Shrew (JWA).  Now Southeastern Pocket Gopher / Dekay's Shrew / Silvery Shrew Mole / Southeastern Shrew.  The last, a tiny animal, was first described by Bachman.  $350.

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