Mink, 1844

Not on View

series Title

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

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.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection

Accession Number

2015.19.589

Artists / Makers

John T. Bowen (artist) American, born England, 1801 - 1856

John James Audubon (artist after) American, 1785 - 1851

Image Use

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Inscription

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.

Provenance

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

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Kennedy Galleries

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).