John James Audubon. Wildcat. 1845. Active Product a shortcoming that would become

a shortcoming that would become a liability while at sea

However this particular view printed in 1852 is quite special since it was printed just a few years after the height of the California gold rush and just two years after California became an official state

Within only a few decades of publication

passes all round her

2019 - $20

John James Audubon. Wildcat. 1845. Active Product a shortcoming that would becomeAUDUBON, John James (1785 1851). Common American Wildcat, Plate 1. Lithograph with original hand color From Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America. New York: 1845 1848. 20" x 27 1 4" sheet, 20" x 36 1 2" framed. Comparable: Guernsey's, 2012 $21,960; Arader Galleries, 2019 $15,000. State Wildcat of New Hampshire.