Douglas’s Squirrel (Sciurus douglassii) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) from Brittany to the Basque

from Brittany to the Basque shore

The map’s index inventories these places alongside the arteries that sustained them

Lighthouses and towers: Essential for maritime navigation

travel-ready optimism characteristic of the era

shortly after

Douglas’s Squirrel (Sciurus douglassii) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Size:20x28in (50x70cm) from Brittany to the BasqueSciurus Douglassii, Douglasss Squirrel. Natural size. 1. Male, 2. Female. by John Woodhouse Audubon is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration from 1845, created in the great American tradition of natural history art. John Woodhouseson of the famed John James Audubonbrought the same rigor and field born observation to mammals that his father brought to birds. Here, he renders Douglass squirrel at life size, keying male (1) and female (2)