Hudson's Bay Squirrel
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Date1849-1854
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Lawrence Reed Miller
Object number2010.11.15
DescriptionSciurus hudsonius (Hudson's Bay Squirrel / chickaree / red-squirrel); two brownish-red squirrels climb on tree branches with green leaves. 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.
