Esquimaux Dog

Object/Artifact

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Kentucky State Parks

Name/Title

Esquimaux Dog

Entry/Object ID

JJA.2018.5.5a

Description

This is a first edition print from octavo edition of The Quadrupeds of North America. The print is titled, "Esquimaux Dog," and it is print no. 23, plate CXIII. The image shows two dogs in an Native American encampment. Fish bones are seen by the feet of the dogs. A teepee, two Native Americans, and another dog are shown in the back left. Credits and Marginalia below the image read, "Drawn on Stone by Wm E. Hitchcock / Esquimaux Dog / 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

Lexicon

Search Terms

Indians of North America

Dimensions

Height

7-1/16 in

Width

10-3/16 in

Material

Paper, Ink, Watercolor