Audubon Mammal Prints — The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
John James Audubon's other great work: The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845–1848), drawn with John Bachman and lithographed by J.T. Bowen — the American bison, grizzly bear, beaver, red fox, hares and dozens of squirrels, restored from the original plates at fine-art resolution.
137 prints · printed to order on heavyweight matte paper · framed or unframed
The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
After the birds, Audubon turned to mammals. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America was published between 1845 and 1848 with the naturalist John Bachman writing the text and Audubon's son John Woodhouse Audubon painting many of the later plates, as the father's eyesight failed. The lithographs by J. T. Bowen of Philadelphia are hand-coloured, and the animals, from the American bison and the grizzly bear to a long run of squirrels, are shown in landscapes with the same immediacy as the birds.
How these prints are made
Each plate is reproduced whole, including its engraved title and plate number, on a cream ground with a typeset label beneath. The upright plates are also offered full-bleed. Resolution comes from the original octavo and folio scans, so the hand colouring and the lithographic grain are visible at print size.