John James Audubon
Douglas's Squirrel

ArtistAmerican, born Santo Domingo, 1785–1851
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Douglas's Squirrel
Date1841–43
PlaceNew York, New York, United States
MediumPencil, ink, and watercolor on paper
DimensionsSheet: 24 3/4 × 17 7/8 in. (62.9 × 45.5 cm)
Frame: 35 1/8 × 28 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (89.2 × 72.4 × 8.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 1994"
Object number94.432
Non exposé

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Department
American Art
Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited "The American Watercolor," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 25 March - 14 May 2000.

Exhibited "John James Audubon in the West: The Last Expedition, Mammals of North America," at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, Texas, March 3 to May 28, 2001 and the Autry Museum of Western Heritage, Los Angeles, California, June 23 to Sep. 30, 2001 (approved for the last two venues only, organized by the Buffalo Bill Historical Center, Cody, Wyoming) (LN:2001.4).
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: There is a segmented strip of paper affixed to the recto, bottom edge of the page. On the first segment is inscribed in pencil: "Columbia River Sep -26th- (no tear) / John K. Townsend". On the second segment is inscribed in pencil: "Sciurus Douglassii - / Douglass' Squirrel: (probably of Bachman) / Males 1. Female 2". On the third segment is inscribed the following in pencil: "New York May 28th - 1841- / Minnies Land Jany 27th -1843-". There is a gallery label on the verso of the frame: "Hirschl & Adler / Galleries, Inc. / 21 East 70th Street, New York, NY. 10021 / Artist: John James Audubon / (1785-1851) / Number: APG 15221D / Title: Douglass Squirrel / Medium: Watercolor on paper / size: 0 x 0 inches / Date: 1841". There is a framer's label on the verso of the frame: "Framed by / M. Knoedler & Co. / 556 Fifth Ave. / Bet 45th & 46th Sts. / New York / P F 47237". There is a gallery label on the verso of the frame: "G 36325 / Artist John James Audubon (1785-1851) / Title "Douglas's Squirrel" 1841 / Size 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 Medium Watercolor on Paper / Price / Meredith Long & Company / 2323 San Felipe * Houston, Texas 77019 * (713) 523-6671". Inscribed in black on what was presumably the original backing paper (it is now encased in acetate on the backboard): "Sammlung James Ellsworth / Schloss Lenzburg".

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