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Prairie Marmot Squirrel
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Prairie Marmot Squirrel

Artist/Maker John James Audubon United States, b. Santo Domingo, 1785 - 1851
Datec. 1849
Mediumcolor 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)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1989.033
ClassificationsPrint
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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).