Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare (Lepus townsendii) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Finish:Art print University of California

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Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare (Lepus townsendii) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Finish:Art print University of CaliforniaLepus Townsendii, Townsends Rocky Mountain Hare (Natural size: Male & Female), by John Woodhouse Audubon is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration from 1845. Created in the naturalist tradition, it belongs to the era when artists and scientists worked hand in hand to document North Americas fauna with exacting care. Audubon presents a pair of hares in poised stillness, their anatomy, fur, and alert expressions rendered with quiet authority