Carolina Shrew (Sorex carolinensis) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) while the Jura scarp shadows

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Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902) was one of the best-known American landscape painters of his era

The shrew’s fur is described through delicate tonal gradations rather than hard contours

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Carolina Shrew (Sorex carolinensis) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Size:52x70in (132x178cm) while the Jura scarp shadowsSorex Carolinensis, Carolina Shrew. Males & female. Natural size. (18451848) by John Woodhouse Audubon captures a quintessential 19th century fascination with the meticulous study of North American wildlife. The American son of famed ornithologist John James Audubon, John Woodhouse brings a scientists eye and an artists hand to this compact composition, showing the Carolina shrew at true scale and distinguishing male and female forms with clarity. Set