California Marmot Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) or anyone who appreciates the

or anyone who appreciates the delicate beauty of Victorian scientific illustrations

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The Jet d’Eau—already the city’s emblem by 1926—anchors the scene

tactile brushwork and passages of impasto animate the surface

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California Marmot Squirrel (Spermophilus spilosoma) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) or anyone who appreciates theJohn Woodhouse Audubons Spermophilus spilosoma, California Marmot Squirrel. Natural size. (1845) is a quintessential Victorian zoological illustration, created at a moment when art and science were rapidly converging. Executed with careful observation and scholarly intent, the plate presents the small ground dwelling squirrel at life scalean explicit nod to accuracy that made such images invaluable to naturalists and educators. The composition