Mink

1844

John T. Bowen

Artist, American, born England, 1801 - 1856

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 45.72 × 64.14 cm (18 × 25 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 52.07 × 68.9 cm (20 1/2 × 27 1/8 in.)

  • Accession

    2015.19.589

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Kennedy and Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • Birds and Beasts: An Exhibition of Naturalist Art, Pensacola Art Center, Florida, 1968, no. 3

1981

  • The Artist as Illustrator, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1981

Bibliography

1845

  • Audubon, John James, and Rev. John Bachman. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848, pl. 33 (XXXIII).

Inscriptions

upper left corner in graphite by unknown hand: #24 MN-
text at top on stone:
No. 7. / Plate, XXXIII.
text at bottom on stone:
Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S. / Putorius Vison, Linn. / Mink. / Natural Size / Male & Female. / Lith. Printed & Cold. by J.T. Bowen, Phila. 1844.

Wikidata ID

Q77011547

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