(After) JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 - 1851)
MOOSE DEER - Plate 76 (LXXVI) 1845
Lithograph with original hand coloring. From Audubon's "The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America", Imperial Folio. First Edition Philadelphia: J.T. Bowen, 1839 - 1844. Image including top & bottom text, 19 1/2 x 24 inches, Sheet 21 3/4 x 27 1/4 inches. Top margin uncut with the binding remnants present. In excellent fresh, condition.
A wonderful touching image with the large male deer along side the young, rather than the female.