Black-Tailed Deer, 1845

Not on View

series Title

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

image (irregular): 40.01 × 60.64 cm (15 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.)

sheet: 53.02 × 69.85 cm (20 7/8 × 27 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

Accession Number

2015.19.590

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

lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: L-

text at top on stone:
No. 16. / Plate LXXVIII.

text at bottom on stone:
Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon. FRS. FLS. / Cervus Macrotis, Say. / Black-Tailed Deer. / Female - Summer Pelage. / Lithd. Printed & Cold. by J.T. Bowen. Philada. 1845.

Marks and Labels

stamped lower left verso in red ink: 91377

Provenance

(Kennedy & 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. 1

Bibliography

1845: Audubon, John James, and Rev. John Bachman. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848, pl. 78 (LXXVIII).