Collection Highlights
The Peale Family
Date:
1773-1809
Object Number:
1867.298
Medium:
Oil on canvas
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Eastern Fox Squirrel (Sciurus niger rufiventer), Study for Plate no. 55 of "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America"
Object Number:
Z.3328
Date:
1843
Medium:
Watercolor, black ink, gouache, pastel, graphite and white lead pigment with selective glazing on paper
Dimensions:
Overall (irregular): 27 5/8 x 21 7/8 in. (70.2 x 55.6 cm)
Inscriptions:
Inscribed at upper right in graphite: "Plate 55."; at lower left:: "Sciurus rubicaudatus. Aud & Bach. / Red-tailed Squirrel. / Male. / Natural Size."; at lower right: "N.Y. -- / Jany. 2d 1843 --"
Description:
A view of a male squirrel on a tree trunk that Audubon called Sciurus rubicaudatus, now called Sciurus niger rufiventer or Sciurus niger rubicaudatus. Formerly S-7.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
