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Identification and Creation

Object Number
M26377
People
John James Audubon, American (Les Cayes, Haiti 1785 - 1851 New York, NY)
Title
Tawny Lemming and Back's Lemming (Georychus Helvolus, Rich, and Georgychus Trimucronatus, Rich)
Other Titles
Series/Book Title: Quadrupeds of North America
Classification
Prints
Work Type
print
Date
1847
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/30710

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Lithograph printed in black ink, hand colored in watercolor
Technique
Lithograph
Dimensions
sheet: 54 x 69.1 cm (21 1/4 x 27 3/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • legend: yes, lower margin, black ink, lithograph, signed: attribution, title, printer's excudit: Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, FRA, FLS. Fig 1. [species names in English and Latin] Natural Size Lithd. Printed & Cold. by J. T. Bowen, Philada.1847
  • inscription: upper corners, black ink, lithograph: number and plate number: No. 24. PLATE CXX

State, Edition, Standard Reference Number

Edition
1st

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Loren Lipson
Accession Year
2005
Object Number
M26377
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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