Black Wolf (Canis lupus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 gustav freytag helped carry forward the family’s

helped carry forward the family’s monumental project of documenting American wildlife in The Quadrupeds of North America

Very little is known about Paolo Petrini

particularly his topographic maps that balanced artistry with functional navigation

St Mawes: Known since the 16th century

Black Wolf (Canis lupus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 gustav freytag helped carry forward the family’sCanis lupus, Black American Wolf. Male. (18451848) by John Woodhouse Audubon arrives from the great 19thcentury tradition of natural history art, where the line between science and beauty is purposefully thin. A single male wolf stands taut and alert on open ground, its dense, dark coat modeled with exquisite care against a paredback setting of pale earth and windbent grasses. Created in 1845, this Victorian zoological illustration continues the