Felis concolor, The Cougar. Female & young.
1845-1848
John Woodhouse Audubon, son of the famous bird painter John James Audubon, captured this tender moment between a mother cougar and her playful cub for their massive collaborative book on North American mammals. The cub seems to be nuzzling or playfully biting its mother's neck, while she rests calmly in a wooded landscape, showcasing the detailed, lifelike style that made the Audubon name legendary. This hand-colored lithograph, created in the mid-1840s, reflects the Romantic era's fascination with the wild, untamed nature of the American continent.
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- Hand-colored lithograph
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