The World's Only Direct-camera Audubon Quadruped Re-creations.

Jaguar,  Plate # 101, limited edition of 750, 22" x 28", Southart/Parkway Series. $350

Toward the end of his life, Audubon endeavored to depict all the known species of North American mammals.  These were published in three sets by J. Bowen between 1845 and 1848.  Known in the trade as the Imperials, his detailed images measured 22 x 28 inches.  We have produced same size facsimiles of these engravings, using the fine originals from the Princeton University collection.  These reproductions, as with our Birds of America reproductions, are direct-camera prints.  They represent the first successful attempt to reproduce directly from the actual antique originals, instead of reproducing a mere photograph of an original.  The 100% rag, acid-free Somerset archival paper is imported from England, and has the tone and texture of the originals.

JAGUAR – PLATE CI

Felis Onca

            The largest of American cats once roamed from Southern California, through Arizona, New Mexico, and into Southern Texas. John Woodhouse Audubon obtained this specimen while camped with the Texas Rangers west of San Antonio, in the winter of 1845-46. The jaguar is endangered in the United States. Historically, sightings were rare, averaging once every ten years. Recently, there has been evidence of jaguars crossing the border from Mexico. Photos were taken using heat sensing, motion-detection cameras. More surprising, the Arizona Game and Fish Department caught and radio collared a jaguar in February 2009 while tracking and banding wolves

            A new threat to this endangered cat is the construction of the fence to stop illegal immigrants. While political pundits argue about the effectiveness of this fence to stop human traffic, there is little doubt it will have a negative effect on the natural migration of wildlife.

Bachman wrote, “A living Jaguar from Mexico which we examined in its cage at Charleston, became very beautiful after shedding its hair in spring: the general colour of its body was bright-yellow, and the rings and spots were brilliant black.”