Two rabbits, one white and one gray, lie on a grassy hill in this horizontal painting on paper. On our left, the white rabbit rests so its front paws face us, and it looks slightly off to our left. To our right, the gray rabbit takes up most of the picture with its head near the white rabbit and its tail nearly touching the right edge of the paper. Tiny pen and graphite strokes make up the individual hairs of the rabbits' fur and whiskers. The ground close to us is olive and earth green. Mountains are frosty teal-green in the distance under lavender-gray clouds streaking up and to our left…
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Arctic Hare

John James Audubon (American, 1785 - 1851)

c. 1841

Medium
pen and black ink and graphite with watercolor and oil paint on paper
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
overall: 61 x 86.9 cm (24 x 34 3/16 in.)
Culture
American
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-W
Credit line
Gift of E.J.L. Hallstrom
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Little Ones profiles and older: it shows gentle subjects for the very young. How works are placed

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