Bidspirit auction | Audubon - 7 Mouse Lithographs

Audubon - 7 Mouse Lithographs - Included in this lot: Richardson's Meadow Mouse. 135 Leconte's Pine Mouse. 80 Orange-colored Mouse. 95 Wilson's Meadow Mouse. 45 American Souslik, Oregon & Texan Meadow Mouse. 147 Yellow-cheeked Meadow Mouse. 115 Mole-shaped Pouched Rat. 110 Description of the work: This octavo lithograph is from John James Audubon's The Quadrupeds of North America . The work was published in New York in 1854. Quadrupeds was Audubon's final great natural history work. His animal drawings are still considered some ofthe finest prints published in America. The folio edition of this work marked the first time that America's animals were described and illustrated in one publication and the octavo publication continued that effort. Audubon and his son, John Woodhouse, drew all of the quadrupeds in the work. Victor Gifford Audubon drew the backgrounds for many of the prints. Paper Size: ~ 6 7/8” by 10 1/4”