Polar Bear
1938.1297
Name/Title
Polar BearEntry/Object ID
JJA.1938.1297Description
This is an uncolored lithograph of a polar bear for John James Audubon and John Woodhouse Audubon's publication, "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America." J. T. Bowen is the lithographer of this print. The lithographer details a polar bear standing at the edge of a cliff and overlooking an ocean bay. In the background is a glacier floating in the waters and hanging from the cliff are some moss. Below the image in the center is an inscription that reads: "URSUS MARITIMUS / LINN / POLAR BEAR / MALE". The bottom-left of the image reads: "Drawn from Nature by J.W. Audubon." To the bottom-right of the image is an inscription that reads: "Lith.d, Printed & Col.d by J.T. Bowen, Philad.a, 1846." On the top-right corner is an inscription reading: "PLATE XCL." The top-left bears an inscription reading: "No. 19".Artwork Details
Medium
Paper, InkCollection
L. S. Tyler CollectionMade/Created
Artist Information
Audubon, John Woodhouse
Bowen, J. T., 1801-1856