Rocky Mountain Sheep

John James Audubon
Plate LXXIII - Rocky Mountain Sheep
From: Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America
New York: 1845-1848
Hand-colored lithograph
Sheet size: 21 ¼” x 27”, Framed size: 36” x 30”
$7,500

Attributed to John Woodhouse Audubon, the Rocky Mountain Sheep is an impressive creature set in a scene with ram, ewe and calf. It was said "that the horns of the old rams attain a size so enormous, and a curve so much forwards and downwards, that they effectually prevent the animal from feeding on level ground." Rocky Mountain Sheep by John James Audubon