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Say's Squirrel,  Plate # 89, limited edition of 750, 22" x 28", Southart/Parkway Series, $250

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.

SAY’S SQUIRREL –PLATE LXXXIX

(Fox Squirrel) Sciurus niger

Audubon painted this squirrel in St. Louis in the spring of 1843 while waiting for the ice to break-up on the upper Missouri for his last great adventure into the west. Notice the near perfect oval shape of the lower squirrel balanced with the arc of the root and the curved tail of the other. The visibility of every hair, detail of the ears and claws, and overall composition make this one of the best of Audubon’s more than 20 squirrels.  The pecan hulls, tree root, cabin and tree stumps were added later, most likely by his son Victor Gifford Audubon. The background explicitly echoes Audubon’s description: 

“The forests on the rich bottom lands of the Wabash, the Illinois, and the Missouri rivers are ornamented with the stately pecan-tree (Carya olivaeformis), on the nuts of which these squirrels luxuriate; they also resort to the hickory and oak trees, in the vicinity of their residence, as well as to the hazel bushes, on the fruits of which they feed.

“They are becoming troublesome in the corn-fields of the farmer, who has commenced planting his crops in the remote but rapidly improving states and territories west of the Ohio.”

            Beyond occasional raids into corn fields, this arboreal squirrel depends almost entirely on trees for nourishment. From maple sap in the spring to hickory nuts in the fall, from the leaf buds on young trees to the fungi that grows on decaying logs, squirrels feeding on trees are the epitome of co-evolution. While hiding nuts for their winter store, squirrels inadvertently plant much of the forest that nourishes them. In the winter, a squirrel can smell an acorn through six inches of snow, three inches of leaves and three inches of soil, up to a foot of matter.