Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare (Lepus townsendii) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Finish:Art print echoing the wild

echoing the wild

with warm orange-peach glows and sandy beige tones

and railroads

Martin's Lane

University of California

Townsend's Rocky Mountain Hare (Lepus townsendii) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Finish:Art print echoing the wildLepus 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