Cotton Rat, 1843

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series Title

The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America

Medium

hand-colored lithograph on wove paper

Dimensions

image (irregular): 36.83 × 59.69 cm (14 1/2 × 23 1/2 in.)

sheet: 55.56 × 71.12 cm (21 7/8 × 28 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Robert Scott Wiles)

Accession Number

2015.19.2531

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 verso in graphite by unknown hand: E1557 / $65.00; lower right verso in graphite by unknown hand: 5 (circled)

text at top on stone:
No. 6. / Plate, XXX.

text at bottom on stone:
Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S. / Arvicola Hispidus, Say & Ord. / Cotton Rat. / Natural Size. / Lith. Printed & Cold. by J.T. Bowen, Philada. 1843.

Provenance

Robert Scott Wiles, Arlington, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1973; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Wiles, Robert Scott

Bibliography

1845: Audubon, John James, and Rev. John Bachman. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848, pl. 30 (XXX).