Worm-wood Hare

Object/Artifact

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Kentucky State Parks

Name/Title

Worm-wood Hare

Entry/Object ID

JJA.2018.5.4a

Description

This is a first edition print from octavo edition of The Quadrupeds of North America. The print is titled, "Worm-wood Hare" and it is print no. 18, plate LXXXVIII. The image shows three hares, facing to the left, and sitting in profile on a grassy hill. There are open fields and very few trees in the background. Credits and Marginalia below the image read, "On Stone by W. E. Hitchcock / Worm-wood Hare / Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F.R.S. F.L.S / Lithd Printed and Col.d by J. T. Bowen, Philad." 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 James (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