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Prairie Marmot Squirrel
Prairie Marmot Squirrel

Prairie Marmot Squirrel

Artist/Maker (United States, 1785 - 1851)
Datec. 1849
MediumHand-colored Lithograph
Dimensionsimage: 6 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (15.9 × 21 cm) frame: 13 3/4 × 15 3/4 in. (34.9 × 40 cm)
ClassificationsPrint
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Terms
    Object numberM1989.033
    DescriptionThree paririe dogs in an open field. The prarie dog to the left is sticking his head out of a hole in the ground, while another walks towards him. A third prarie dog is standing up behind the other two on top of small green mounds of grass. Royal Octavo Edition with 155 plates reduced to 1/4 original size by John T. Bowen (multiple volumes first published between 1849 and 1854).
    Status
    Not on view
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