Canada Otter

Object/Artifact

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Kentucky State Parks

Name/Title

Canada Otter

Entry/Object ID

JJA.2018.5.6a

Description

This is a first edition print from octavo edition of The Quadrupeds of North America. The print is titled, "Canada Otter," and it is print no. 25, plate CXXII. The image shows a single otter on an embankment overlooking water and land. Large hills are seen in the background. Credits and Marginalia below the image read, "On Stone by W. E. Hitchcock / Canada Otter / Drawn from Nature by J. W. Audubon / Lith. Printed and Col.d by J. T. Bowen, Phil." The serial number is printed in the upper left and the plate number in the upper right.

Collection

Tim Hoogasian Collection

Made/Created

Artist Information

Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856
Audubon, John Woodhouse (after)
Hitchcock, William E.

Date made

1849 - 1854

Notes

Date: 1849-1854 Technique: Lithography

Dimensions

Height

7-1/16 in

Width

10-3/16 in

Material

Paper, Ink, Watercolor