Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 36x17max100min16 This poster helped define how

This poster helped define how the mainland imagined Hawai‘i—sunny

part reverie—suggesting a narrative that is felt as much as it is seen

Church’s works invited viewers to contemplate the immensity and complexity of the natural world at a time when curiosity about global travel and the far reaches of the Americas was surging

The Down Survey of Ireland (1656-1658)

Ringtail (Bassariscus astutus) by John Woodhouse Audubon, 1845 36x17max100min16 This poster helped define howJohn Woodhouse Audubons Bassaris astuta, Ring tailed Bassaris. Natural size. Male. (1845) brings a keen, naturalists eye to a charismatic North American mammal. Working in the great 19thcentury tradition of scientific art, Audubon renders the animal with exquisite anatomical precision and a quiet, observational grace. The compositionan alert ring tailed bassaris poised on a rugged branchspeaks to the eras union of art and empiricism, when images were