Beaver Print, American Vintage Wildlife Wall Art, Sarcastic Colonial Fur Trade

VIBE:
Before tobacco, before cotton, before anything else, the colonies ran on beaver pelts. The Castor canadensis powered an entire continental economy — the Hudson's Bay Company, the Astor fortune, the French and Indian War — because European men wanted felt hats. By 1900 the beaver had been trapped to the edge of extinction in nearly all of its original range. Felt hats, meanwhile, had gone out of fashion. The dam-building engineer of the American landscape was nearly erased by a millinery trend. This print suits anyone who appreciates the actual mechanics of empire.

PRINT:
— Caption: "Built the fur trade that built the colonies. The colonies returned the favor by 1900."
— Style: Chromolithograph-style profile of an adult beaver on a felled log at the water's edge, faint dam visible on the horizon.
— Typography: Didone serif, plate caption in the manner of a 19th-century natural history atlas.

✻ WHAT YOU’LL GET
Your purchase includes 6 high-resolution JPG files (300 dpi), ready to print in a variety of sizes.

Ratio Guide:
2:3 Ratio: 4×6, 8×12, 12×18, 16×24, 20×30, 24×36 in
3:4 Ratio: 6×8, 9×12, 12×16, 15×20, 18×24 in
4:5 Ratio: 4×5, 8×10, 16×20 in
5:7 Ratio: 5×7 in
11:14 Ratio: 11×14 in
ISO A2: A5, A4, A3, A2

✻ DIGITAL DOWNLOAD ONLY
No physical product will be shipped. Frame is not included. This is a digital file for instant download.

✻ WHERE TO PRINT
We suggest printing on archival matte paper or textured cardstock to capture the depth of the vintage illustration.

✻ PLEASE NOTE
Colors may appear slightly different in print than on screen.
The artwork contains authentic vintage characteristics like paper grain and subtle age imperfections.

✻ LEGAL
Copyright © Mordant Press. For personal use only. Reselling, redistribution, or commercial use is strictly prohibited.