Black-tailed Hare (Lepus negricaudatus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 ordnance survey curvilinear lines echo shoreline contours

curvilinear lines echo shoreline contours and mountain silhouettes

adding depth and a sense of enchanted stillness to the scene

Bulkington is known for its connection to the poet George Eliot

anchors the map’s chronology of discovery

The map was drawn under the technical direction of Lieutenant Maguire and artistically rendered by Sergeant Charles Becker

Black-tailed Hare (Lepus negricaudatus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 ordnance survey curvilinear lines echo shoreline contoursJohn Woodhouse Audubons Lepus negricaudatus, Black tailed Hare. Male. Natural size. (1845) captures the nineteenth centurys devotion to natural history with an image that is both scientifically precise and poetically composed. Presented in full profile, the hare is rendered with an almost tactile fidelity to fur, posture, and musculature, embodying the Victorian zoological illustrations goal: to inform as carefully as it delights. The clear species