Original Ink Drawing of Four Elk

America, likely late-1800s. Ephemera. Very Good+. Original drawing in black ink on tan paper (300x200mm), with wide margins (402x304mm). Signed by the artist, an image of four elk, one with antlers, grazing on the edge of a forest. Some very light foxing; alittle marginal wrinkling and chipping along the edges, not infringing into the image itself, which is suitable for framing.

Known primarily as an illustrator of plant and animal life, James Carter Beard was born in Cincinnati and studied art with his father, James Henry Beard. He began his adult life as an attorney who served in the Civil War and then turned to draftsmanship. He lived in New York and exhibited with the Brooklyn Art Association.