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Original 8vo Audubon Quadrupeds Of America Print 1851: POLAR BEAR. Plate 91
Guns International #: 101607725 Seller's Inventory #: Polar Bear 1
Category: Art - Painting & Print - Collectibles - Sporting
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Seller: antiqueshowroom
Member Since: 7/6/19
First Name: David
Last Name: Quinby
State: Missouri
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Description:
Purchase 2 of my listed items and get 10 % discount on total price before combined shipping.....One of the most sought after Audubon First edition 1851 Audubons. The Polar Bear Plate.
Don.t hesitate on this plate. It is a beauty. No issues. From the 3 volume set. I also have the Canada Lynx
if you prefer it. See last picture
Polar Bear Print Plate #91
John James Audubon 1851
Published New York by V.G. Audubon circa 1851.
Original hand colored copper plate lithograph.
Octavo: ~9 3/4" X 6 3/4" (sheet size dimensions).
In overall very good to excellent condition. The text leaves are not available.
notes: offering a fine original hand colored lithograph print by John James Audubon (1785-1851) from his complete work entitled The Quadrupeds Of North America. John James Audubon’s last major accomplishment was the creation of The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America which was produced in collaboration with his friend, the Reverend John Bachman (1790—1874), a Lutheran minister and naturalist, who wrote the accompanying text. In the summer of 1843, John James Audubon embarked with his son, John Woodhouse, on a final drawing expedition up the Missouri River to document and depict the four-legged mammals of North America.
To make The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America more affordable and widely available, this octavo edition, a smaller version of the folio, was first published between 1849 and 1854. Printed by the distinguished Philadelphia print maker, John T. Bowen, the set of 150 black-and-white lithographs was completely hand-colored. Lithography proved an excellent medium for depicting the tactile realism of the mammals’ fur. These miniatures exhibit a remarkable amount of attention to quality and detail, as well as a meticulous fidelity to the larger works. Some compositional changes were made in order to accommodate the smaller format. These prints also bear the plate number in the upper right-hand corner and the subscription number in the upper left. Many of the mammals were drawn by John Woodhouse Audubon with backgrounds contributed by Victor Gifford Audubon.
John James Audubon explored the American backwoods and wilderness to discover, record, and illustrate its avian life. America’s most revered artist-naturalist, John James Audubon (1785—1851), is renowned for his extraordinary undertaking to record the birds of America. The images he created are icons of 19th-century art. The images he created are icons of 19th-century art. Fascinated by nature since childhood, it was not until 1819, when he was the father of two sons, that John James Audubon fully embraced the life of an artist-naturalist. In 1820, John James Audubon left his family in Cincinnati, embarking with a young apprentice, Joseph R. Mason. Mason worked with John James Audubon from 1820 until 1822, contributing mostly botanical elements to about 55 of John James Audubon’s paintings. Later, the artists George Lehman, Maria Martin, and his sons Victor Gifford Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon assisted John James Audubon with botanical and landscape backgrounds.
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