John James Audubon animals. All from a current Swann auction catalog.

Common American Skunk, hand-colored lithographic plate from Audubon’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Imperial folio, Plate XLII. Bowen, Philadelphia. 1844, Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/AUDUBON-JOHN-JAMES-Common-American-Skunk-Plate-XLII?saleno=2610&lotNo=303&refNo=796118

Musk Ox. hand-colored lithographic plate from Audubon’s Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. Imperial folio, Plate CXI Bowen, Philadelphia. 1844, Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/AUDUBON-JOHN-JAMES-Musk-Ox-Plate-CXI?saleno=2610&lotNo=304&refNo=796117

Little Auk. Hand-colored aquatint and engraved plate from Audubon’s Birds of America. Wove paper. 1836. Plate CCCXXXIX. Robert Havell, London. Image © Swann Auction Galleries. Artwork itself in the public domain due to age. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/AUDUBON-JOHN-JAMES-Little-Auk-Plate-CCCXXXIX?saleno=2610&lotNo=308&refNo=796116

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