Description
Description of Daniel Elliot's A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats
These magnificent cats are from Daniel Elliot's work entitled A Monograph of the Felidae or Family of Cats. Elliot was influential in the scientific world of the nineteenth century as a founder of the American Museum of Natural History in New York and as the curator of zoology at the Field Museum in Chicago. In addition to his own talents, Elliot employed Joseph Smit and Joseph Wolf to create these hand-colored lithographs. The work was published from 1878 to 1883 and was a valuable resource in correctly naming and identifying the indivdual members of the cat family.
We framed the pieces ourselves and used UV protectant glass and museum quality mat. The prints have a full margin and have not been cropped in any way. The prints are in excellent condition. Below is a close-up of the frame. If you have any questions concerning these prints, please contact us.