Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 36x17max100min16 Waterfalls are strategically arranged for

Waterfalls are strategically arranged for comparison from Europe and Africa to the Americas

Church’s works invited viewers to contemplate the immensity and complexity of the natural world at a time when curiosity about global travel and the far reaches of the Americas was surging

This poster helped define how the mainland imagined Hawai‘i—sunny

it can be ordered unframed or framed in your choice of wood finishes

and a striking conversation starter for lovers of wildlife art

Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 36x17max100min16 Waterfalls are strategically arranged forJohn Woodhouse Audubons Bassaris astuta, Ring tailed Bassaris. Natural size. Male. (1845) brings a keen, naturalists eye to a charismatic North American mammal. Working in the great 19thcentury tradition of scientific art, Audubon renders the animal with exquisite anatomical precision and a quiet, observational grace. The compositionan alert ring tailed bassaris poised on a rugged branchspeaks to the eras union of art and empiricism, when images were