Common American Deer

Name/Title

Common American Deer

Entry/Object ID

JJA.2018.5.2a

Description

This is a first edition print from octavo edition of The Quadrupeds of North America. The print is titled, "Common American Deer" and it is print no. 17, plate LXXXI. The image shows a single, young deer laying in the grass and facing to the left. Several more deer are seen in a field in the background. Credits and Marginalia below the image read, "Drawn on Stone by Wm. Hitchcock / Common American Deer / Fawn / Drawn from Nature by J. W. Audubon / Printed by J. T. Bowen, Phil." The serial number is printed in the upper left and the plate number in the upper right.

Artwork Details

Medium

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

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