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print room: John James and
John Woodhouse Audubon
The
Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
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From PL 78 Black-tailed Deer.
Portrait of John James Audubon
by Victor Gifford Audubon or John Woodhouse Audubon
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dimensions. Visit our ordering
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and for information on sales tax,
shipping, and forms of payment.
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page -- high quality at excellent prices.
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Plate 21 Grey Fox (JJA). One of Audubon's best. Measuring
27-7/8 x 21-7/8 inches. Excellent color.
Inquire for price.
All prints guaranteed authentic.
Sheet dimensions are imperial 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 $4,000.
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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.
$6,000.
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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. $2,500.
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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. $9,750
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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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83 Little Chief Hare. Animal now known as the Pika above a beautiful
western canyon. $900. DETAIL
PHOTO
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Plate 90 Common Mouse (JWA).
Art by John Woodhouse but credited to John James. With repairs
at bottom right corner.Very charming with beautiful color. Measures
26-5/8 x 19-5/8 inches. $9,000.
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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. Measures 27 x 19 inches. $7,500.
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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 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.
$4,000.
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Plate
112 Esquimaux Dog (JWA). Margin repairs, image area very good with
excellent color. This plate includes a very interesting background
showing Native Americans and a harnessed dog. $4,000.
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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 $17,500
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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 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
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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 125 American Marsh Shrew (JWA). This beautiful image is enhanced
by a lovely landscape. $1,200
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.
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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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