Original Antique Audubon Lithograph Flying Squirrel 1851 Octavo Quadrupeds

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This octavo original hand colored lithograph "Flying Squirrels" is from John James Audubon’s The Quadrupeds of North America. The work … more This octavo original hand colored lithograph "Flying Squirrels" is from John James Audubon’s The Quadrupeds of North America. The work was published in New York between 1851 and 1854. paper sheet size ~ 7″ by 10 1/2″ presented in archival matte and in a contemporary frame overall size 12 x 15".

Quadrupeds was Audubon’s final great natural history work. His animal drawings are still considered some ofthe finest prints published in America. The folio edition of this work marked the first time that America’s animals were described and illustrated in one publication and the octavo publication continued that effort.

Audubon and his son, John Woodhouse, drew all of the quadrupeds in the work. Victor Gifford Audubon drew the backgrounds for many of the prints.

Please view our other Audubon animal prints framed alike so they can be hung in groups. less