Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Finish:Framed canvas presenting the American landscape as

presenting the American landscape as both subject and symbol

Monomoy National Wildlife Refuge

Exemplifies the sophistication and accuracy of early 20th-century map design

and tranquility

offering picturesque coastal scenery

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 Finish:Framed canvas presenting the American landscape asJohn Woodhouse Audubons Mus decumanus, Brown, or Norway Rat. Natural size. Male, female & young. (1845) is a meticulous Victorian zoological illustration from the golden age of natural history art. Working in the mid 19th century and alongside his celebrated father, John James Audubon, John Woodhouse helped define a style that fused scientific fidelity with painterly grace. Here, the brown rat is presented at life scale with male, female, and young, a