Domestic Furnishings

Tiffany Floor Lamp

Washboards, armchairs, lamps, and pots and pans may not seem to be museum pieces. But they are invaluable evidence of how most people lived day to day, last week or three centuries ago. The Museum's collections of domestic furnishings comprise more than 40,000 artifacts from American households. Large and small, they include four houses, roughly 800 pieces of furniture, fireplace equipment, spinning wheels, ceramics and glass, family portraits, and much more.

The Arthur and Edna Greenwood Collection contains more than 2,000 objects from New England households from colonial times to mid-1800s. From kitchens of the past, the collections hold some 3,300 artifacts, ranging from refrigerators to spatulas. The lighting devices alone number roughly 3,000 lamps, candleholders, and lanterns.

Topic: Wild Animals

Noah's Ark by unknown lithographer

This image is identical to the same titled print at the Connecticut Historical Society by D. W. Kellogg though it could also possibly by an unsigned copy by Currier & Ives. Hand colored print of a animals filing two by two onto the ark.
Description
This image is identical to the same titled print at the Connecticut Historical Society by D. W. Kellogg though it could also possibly by an unsigned copy by Currier & Ives. Hand colored print of a animals filing two by two onto the ark. Animals include zebra, cows, horses, sheep, pigs, giraffes, dogs, and cats. Birds are flying above.
Noah’s Ark, an Old Testament story, appealed to 19th-century children as part of their Bible study. The animals also appeared in the form of games and toys. Prints of religious scenes and other uplifting subjects were recommended as encouraging moral improvement, especially for the benefit of children. In the Bible (Genesis, Chapters 6-9), the ark is described as a massive wooden ship built at God’s command that saved pious Noah, his family, and representatives of every kind of animal from the global flood that God wrought to punish humanity for its misdeeds. After the waters receded, Noah’s family, with all the animals that were saved, eventually spread throughout the world. The story of Noah is repeated with variations in the Quran.
This print is attributed to D. W. Kellogg & Co. While it is unsigned, this image is identical to the same titled print at the Connecticut Historical Society by D. W. Kellogg. Daniel Wright Kellogg (1807-1874) founded D. W. Kellogg and Company in Hartford, Connecticut in 1830. Even before its first retail store opened in 1834, the D.W. Kellogg & Co. lithography firm was well established and popular in United States, particularly in the South and the Southwest. As the founding member of the family company, Daniel Wright Kellogg was responsible for the initial growth and popularity of the firm. After he left the company, it continued to flourish for decades under his younger brothers and other family members.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1830-1840
maker
D. W. Kellogg and Company
ID Number
DL.60.2962
catalog number
60.2962
accession number
228146

Indian Buffalo Hunt.

Color print of an Indian with drawn bow on horseback about to shoot a buffalo.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Color print of an Indian with drawn bow on horseback about to shoot a buffalo.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
maker
unknown
ID Number
DL.60.3522
catalog number
60.3522

Sunday Sports

Colored print of a forest scene. In center foreground a hunter struggles with a fox that is suspended from a stick carried over the hunter's shoulder.
Description (Brief)
Colored print of a forest scene. In center foreground a hunter struggles with a fox that is suspended from a stick carried over the hunter's shoulder. Two other hunters appear at left; one has fallen while struggling with a dog that has broken loose from its leash, the other holds a bleeding knee. Other hunters stand in groups, conversing, at right. River in right background.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1874
maker
Schile, Henry
ID Number
DL.60.2472
catalog number
60.2472
accession number
228146

Putorius Frenata, Licht.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of two weasels on decaying, fungus covered branches.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1845
printer
Bowen, John T.
artist; publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2756
catalog number
60.2756
accession number
228146

Deer Shooting

Colored print of two hunters aiming rifles at three deer in a parklike setting. They have two hunting dogs with them.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of two hunters aiming rifles at three deer in a parklike setting. They have two hunting dogs with them.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
n.d.
maker
Fischer & Carpenter
ID Number
DL.60.2769
catalog number
60.2769
accession number
228146

Forest Scene Summer

Colored print of a mountainous forest scene with trees in the foreground. A small group of deer stand on a rocky ledge at left.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of a mountainous forest scene with trees in the foreground. A small group of deer stand on a rocky ledge at left.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1857-1859
maker
Gemmell, John
ID Number
DL.60.2650
catalog number
60.2650
accession number
228146

An Exploring Expedition on the Canal Street Plan/ The Exploring Expedition at the South Pole. Waiting for Stores.

Currently not on view
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1838
depicted
Wilkes, Charles
Chauncey, Isaac
Morris, Charles
Wadsworth, Alexander S.
Paulding, James K.
maker
Robinson, Henry R.
ID Number
DL.60.3409
catalog number
60.3409

Enhydra Marina, Erxleben.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of a black sea otter standing on its hind legs holding a fish between its paws.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1848
artist
Audubon, John Woodhouse
printer
Bowen, John T.
publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2749
catalog number
60.2749
accession number
228146

Sciurus Feruginiventris Aud. and Bach.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of three squirrels with red bellies and other red markings perched on
the trunk and branches of a leafy tree.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1844
artist; publisher
Audubon, John James
printer
Bowen, John T.
ID Number
DL.60.2747
catalog number
60.2747
accession number
228146

The Miraculous Deliverance, or The Dog and The Wolf

Sentimental genre prints documented the social image of Victorian virtue through domestic scenes of courtship, family, home life, and images of the “genteel female.” Children are depicted studying nature or caring for their obedient pets as they learn their place in the greater w
Description
Sentimental genre prints documented the social image of Victorian virtue through domestic scenes of courtship, family, home life, and images of the “genteel female.” Children are depicted studying nature or caring for their obedient pets as they learn their place in the greater world. Romantic scenes picture devoted husbands with their contented, dutiful wives. In these prints, young women educated in reading, music, needlework, the arts, the language of flowers, basic math and science are subjugated to their family’s needs.
These prints became popular as lithography was introduced to 19th Century Americans. As a new art form, it was affordable for the masses and provided a means to share visual information by crossing the barriers of race, class and language. Sentimental prints encouraged the artistic endeavors of schoolgirls and promoted the ambitions of amateur artists, while serving as both moral instruction and home or business decoration. They are a pictorial record of our romanticized past.
This hand colored print is of a wolf on top two young children who are huddled in bed. One child is awake and horrified while the other child is still sleeping. The wolf is being attacked from behind by a dog with a gold collar. A window in the background shows a woman looking on in horror. Behind the woman is a boat sailing on a river.
This print was produced by the lithographic firm of Kelloggs & Comstock. In 1848, John Chenevard Comstock developed a partnership with E.B. and E.C. Kellogg. In 1850, Edmund Burke Kellogg left the firm, leaving his brother Elijah Chapman Kellogg and J.C. Comstock to run the lithography firm as Kellogg and Comstock. The short-lived partnership disbanded in 1851. It was not until 1855 that Edmund Burke Kellogg rejoined his brother E.C. Kellogg and continued the success of the family’s lithography firm.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1850
distributor
Ensign, Thayer and Company
maker
Kelloggs & Comstock
ID Number
DL.60.2348
catalog number
60.2348
accession number
228146
maker number
158

A New Map of the United States with the Additional Territories on an Improved Plan

Black and white print; political cartoon depicting a map of the United States in 1828. A large turtle and alligator are featured at center with several caricatures riding or standing on each of them, expressing views regarding the John Quincy Adams administration.
Description (Brief)
Black and white print; political cartoon depicting a map of the United States in 1828. A large turtle and alligator are featured at center with several caricatures riding or standing on each of them, expressing views regarding the John Quincy Adams administration. In the background is a mountain range with two groups of Indians commenting on American life.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1829
maker
Imbert, Anthony
ID Number
DL.60.2420
catalog number
60.2420
accession number
228146

Hunting the Buffalo

Color print of an Indian with drawn bow on horseback pursuing a buffalo.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Color print of an Indian with drawn bow on horseback pursuing a buffalo.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
maker
Rice, Rutter & Co.
publisher
Rice, Rutter & Co.
ID Number
DL.60.3525
catalog number
60.3525

The Deer Hunter. Too Much in a Hurry.

Colored print of a hunter firing a shotgun at deer and being knocked off balance by his leashed dog.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of a hunter firing a shotgun at deer and being knocked off balance by his leashed dog.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1849-1852
distributor
Ensign, Thayer and Company
maker
Kelloggs & Comstock
ID Number
DL.60.2689
catalog number
60.2689
accession number
228146

A Moose Hunt

This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould.
Description (Brief)
This print is one of fifteen chromolithographs that were included in the 1889-1890 folio "Sport or Fishing and Shooting" published by Bradlee Whidden of Boston and edited by A.C. Gould. These prints are based on watercolors that were commissioned for the publication, and illustrated by prominent American artists. Each folio illustration was accompanied by a single leaf of descriptive text followed by an account of the depicted sporting scene. The publication was advertised as having been reviewed for accuracy by a renowned group of anglers and hunters prior to printing.
This print was originally titled and numbered on the text page as 2. A Moose Hunt. Henry Sandham. Depicted is a bull moose standing in the right foreground at the edge of a stream from which it has presumably been drinking. Two men in a canoe are visible in the left background; one man is paddling while the other carries a rifle.
The artist was Henry Sandham (1842-1910), a Canadian born illustrator and artist of hunting and fishing scenes.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1889
publisher; copywriter
Bradlee Whidden
lithographer
Forbes Lithograph Manufacturing Company
artist
Sandham, Henry
ID Number
DL.60.2726
catalog number
60.2726
accession number
228146

Sundry Amusement in the Mines

Black and white print on blue paper depicting four mining scenes.
Description (Brief)
Black and white print on blue paper depicting four mining scenes. "A Sundays Amusement" shows two miners washing clothes in a stream, "A Daily Plesasure" shows two miners cooking in their cabin, and two additional views with titles torn off show the miners sewing and fighting off a bear. This is an unused folded letter sheet with the image on its first page.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
maker
Britton & Rey
ID Number
DL.60.3812
catalog number
60.3812

Sciurus Rubricaudatus. Aud:& Bach:

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of a squirrrel with a reddish coat climbing down the branch of a pine tree.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1844
printer
Bowen, John T.
artist; publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2744
catalog number
60.2744
accession number
228146

American Trappers

Colored print of two men and two dogs cooking at a campfire in front of a crude wooden structure. A third man with game slung over his shoulder and a rifle in his hand approaches from the right. A canoe and body of water are visible behind him.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Colored print of two men and two dogs cooking at a campfire in front of a crude wooden structure. A third man with game slung over his shoulder and a rifle in his hand approaches from the right. A canoe and body of water are visible behind him.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
ca 1875
maker
Haskell & Allen
ID Number
DL.60.2690
catalog number
60.2690
accession number
228146

The Great Black Sea Lion

Color print of a large sea lion on ice with a bearded man (Elisha Kent Kane) standing behind him. Icebergs and other sea lions in background.Currently not on view
Description (Brief)
Color print of a large sea lion on ice with a bearded man (Elisha Kent Kane) standing behind him. Icebergs and other sea lions in background.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
n.d.
depicted
Kane, Elisha Kent
maker
Currier & Ives
ID Number
DL.60.3493
catalog number
60.3493

Ursus Americanus, Pallas.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of two black bear facing each other in a forest. An animal leg is at the foot of the bear on the right.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1848
printer
Bowen, John T.
artist
Audubon, John Woodhouse
publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2757
catalog number
60.2757
accession number
228146

Mons. De Ruth catching a cannon ball fired from a real cannon, loaded and discharged in the presence of the audience.

This colored print is an advertisement for W. W. Cole's New York & New Orleans Circus Museum Menagerie. A man is catching a ball that has been fired from a cannon by another man dressed in an elaborate military uniform.
Description
This colored print is an advertisement for W. W. Cole's New York & New Orleans Circus Museum Menagerie. A man is catching a ball that has been fired from a cannon by another man dressed in an elaborate military uniform. An audience looks on from the background.
William Washington Cole (1847-1915), nicknamed “Chilly Billy,” was born into a circus family in New York City: his father was a contortionist and his mother a wire walker. He became a sideshow proprietor in 1867 and started W. W. Cole's New Colossal Shows in 1884. Cole was both a competitor and a temporary partner to his fellow circus entrepreneur P. T. Barnum: in the late 1880s he briefly owned a share in Barnum and Bailey’s circus. After he sold Cole Bros. in 1904, it continued to operate under various names and owners, eventually becoming Cole Bros. Circus of the Stars. During the twentieth century, it featured some of America’s most celebrated circus performers, including the animal trainers Clyde Beatty and Allen Turner, the clown Emmett Kelly, and the Flying Wallendas. With growing competition from television in the 1950s, Cole Bros. combined with the Clyde Beatty Circus to become one of the last of the traditional three ring circuses. Animal rights protests contributed to the continued decline of the circus, and it was largely out of business by 2016.
This chromolithograph was produced by Strobridge and Company. The Strobridge firm was founded in Cincinnati, Ohio ca 1847 by lithographer Elijah J. Middleton (cited in some sources as Elijah C. Middleton). Middleton was known as one of the pioneers of chromolithography in the United States. By 1854 another lithographer, W. R. Wallace, along with the bookseller Hines Strobridge (1823-1909) had joined the firm as partners. After the Civil War, Strobridge acquired sole ownership of the company and renamed it after himself. Strobridge and Company became especially well known for circus, theater, and movie posters. After leaving the company, Elijah Middleton established a reputation as a portrait publisher, producing prints of George and Martha Washington, Daniel Webster, and other American historical figures.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1879
copyright holder
Stewart, A. A.
maker
Strobridge and Company
ID Number
DL.60.3032
catalog number
60.3032

Putorius Nigripes, Aud. & Bach.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of a brown ferrett with black feet peering down from a low grassy bank to a nest with five speckled eggs.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1846
printer
Bowen, John T.
artist
Audubon, John Woodhouse
publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2762
catalog number
60.2762
accession number
228146

Lepus Sylvaticus, Bachman

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of two adult brown rabbits and one baby on a grassy knoll beside leafy plants.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1843
artist; publisher
Audubon, John James
printer
Bowen, John T.
ID Number
DL.60.2753
catalog number
60.2753
accession number
228146

Geomys Douglassii, Richardson.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of three brown rats at the entrance of a prairie hole which has a small mound of dirt behind it. There is a body of water and foothills in the far background.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1846
maker
Audubon, John Woodhouse
printer
Bowen, John T.
publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2750
catalog number
60.2750
accession number
228146

Lepus Californicus, Gray.

This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals.
Description (Brief)
This hand-colored lithograph was produced for “Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America,” the Imperial folio edition, published between 1845 and 1848. The work was a field study of North American mammals. It included 150 stone lithographs produced in three volumes of 50 prints per volume. The lithographs were based on watercolor drawings by John James Audubon and after 1846, son John Woodhouse Audubon, who completed the series due to the elder Audubon’s failing eyesight and declining health. Another son, Victor Gifford Audubon, assisted with the drawings backgrounds. The lithographs were printed on non-watermarked heavy white paper and coloring was applied by hand before the prints were bound. Reverend John Bachman was a naturalist of note, as well as John James Audubon’s friend and father of both daughter-in-laws, so he provided the accompanying letterpress narrative. It made the production truly a family affair. The slightly later Octavo edition contained 155 prints of smaller size.
This unbound lithographic plate depicts a hand-colored image of a brown hare with white and dark markings, sitting beside cactus and low grasses.
Location
Currently not on view
date made
1847
printer
Bowen, John T.
artist
Audubon, John Woodhouse
publisher
Audubon, John James
ID Number
DL.60.2759
catalog number
60.2759
accession number
228146

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