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California Hare

Artist John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

Date1849-1854

MediumLithograph, hand colored

DimensionsPaper: 7 x 10 in. (17.8 x 25.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Lawrence Reed Miller, with additional funds provided by Gladys Harn Harris Art Acquisition Endowment

Object number2010.17

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

Visual DescriptionLepus Californicus (California Hare); a brown rabbit sits on the grass with ears and eyes alert; cacti in the background. From "The Quadrupeds of North America", by John James Audubon and John Bachman (American, 1790-1874); Ocatavo Edition, New York: V.G. Audubon, 1849-1854.