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Black Footed Ferret
Black Footed Ferret

Black Footed Ferret

Artist/Maker John James Audubon United States, b. Santo Domingo, 1785 - 1851
Datec. 1849
MediumHand-colored Lithograph
Dimensionsimage: 7 1/4 × 9 1/4 in. (18.4 × 23.5 cm) frame: 14 × 16 3/8 in. (35.6 × 41.6 cm)
Credit LineJKM Collection, National Museum of Wildlife Art
Object numberM1989.034
ClassificationsPrint
Inscribed"Drawn from Nature J W Audubon" "On stone by W M E Hitchcock" "Black Footed Ferrett" "Lith Printed & Cold by J T Bowen Phil"
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DescriptionA black footed ferret in a field looking at a nest of blue eggs. Royal Octavo Edition with 155 plates reduced to 1/4 original size by John T. Bowen (multiple volumes first published between 1849 and 1854).
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