Black-tailed Hare (Lepus negricaudatus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 ordnance survey making this artwork a significant

making this artwork a significant technological achievement of the 19th century

adding depth and a sense of enchanted stillness to the scene

Bulkington is known for its connection to the poet George Eliot

The Menai Strait is delineated as a navigable thread

a vision equal parts precise observation and poetic reverie

Black-tailed Hare (Lepus negricaudatus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 ordnance survey making this artwork a significantJohn 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