Black-Tailed Deer
1845
Artist, American, born England, 1801 - 1856
Artwork overview
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Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image (irregular): 40.01 × 60.64 cm (15 3/4 × 23 7/8 in.)
sheet: 53.02 × 69.85 cm (20 7/8 × 27 1/2 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.590
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(Kennedy & Co., New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1949; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1968
Birds and Beasts: An Exhibition of Naturalist Art, Pensacola Art Center, Florida, 1968, no. 1
Bibliography
1845
Audubon, John James, and Rev. John Bachman. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: John James Audubon, 1845-1848, pl. 78 (LXXVIII).
Inscriptions
lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: L-
text at top on stone:
No. 16. / Plate LXXVIII.
text at bottom on stone:
Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon. FRS. FLS. / Cervus Macrotis, Say. / Black-Tailed Deer. / Female - Summer Pelage. / Lithd. Printed & Cold. by J.T. Bowen. Philada. 1845.
Markings
stamped lower left verso in red ink: 91377
Wikidata ID
Q77014070