Original Audubon Imperial Quadruped, color, 20.75 x 27, issued as Plate XXXIV, No. 7, entitled “Sciurus Niger, LIN. Black Squirrel, Natural Size,” from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America series. The print shows a male and female black squirrel climbing a hickory tree in magnificent detail. Captions to lower left and right corners read: “Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F.R.S.F.L.S.” and “Lith. Printed & Col’d by J. T. Bowen, Philad’a, 1844.” Framed to an overall size of 23.75 x 30. In very good to fine condition, with some staining to the bottom of the print, and light damage to the lower right corner of the frame.
From the collection of Stephen Adamson.
