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John James Audubon
John James Audubon was born in Haiti in 1785. He was the
illegitimate son of Jean Audubon, a French merchant and sea
captain, and Jeanne Rabine, a chambermaid who died in a slave
uprising shortly after his birth. Raised lovingly by his stepmother
and father, in the French countryside around Nantes, he
developed a love of wildlife, especially birds, and of sketching.
At age 18, Audubon was sent to Pennsylvania to avoid
conscription in Napolean's army and to manage family farm
property at Mill Grove, near Philadelphia.
At age 35, Audubon embarked on The Birds of America,
producing 435 hand-colored engravings and publishing double
elephant folios (1828-1838), followed by a smaller, octavo-sized,
version. While initiating the engraving process for The Birds of
America, through Robert Havell, Jr. of London, Audubon lived in
Europe (1827-1829). In Edinburgh, London, and Paris, he was
elected to learned and scientific honorary societies, and his
work was acclaimed in superlatives. He developed a noble and
royal patronage, and a host of subscribers.
In 1840, he undertook publication of The Viviparous Quadrupeds
of North America. By the time Audubon and his four assistants
embarked on their journey up the Missouri River, in 1843, to
collect information and images of western mammals, he had
drawn 61 species. Although this expedition proved scientifically
disappointing to John Bachman, 150 hand-colored lithographs
were published in both an imperial folio size (1845-1848) and a
smaller octavo edition (1846-1853).
Audubon died in 1851, with plates for the Quadrupeds, but not
all of the text, completed.
illegitimate son of Jean Audubon, a French merchant and sea
captain, and Jeanne Rabine, a chambermaid who died in a slave
uprising shortly after his birth. Raised lovingly by his stepmother
and father, in the French countryside around Nantes, he
developed a love of wildlife, especially birds, and of sketching.
At age 18, Audubon was sent to Pennsylvania to avoid
conscription in Napolean's army and to manage family farm
property at Mill Grove, near Philadelphia.
At age 35, Audubon embarked on The Birds of America,
producing 435 hand-colored engravings and publishing double
elephant folios (1828-1838), followed by a smaller, octavo-sized,
version. While initiating the engraving process for The Birds of
America, through Robert Havell, Jr. of London, Audubon lived in
Europe (1827-1829). In Edinburgh, London, and Paris, he was
elected to learned and scientific honorary societies, and his
work was acclaimed in superlatives. He developed a noble and
royal patronage, and a host of subscribers.
In 1840, he undertook publication of The Viviparous Quadrupeds
of North America. By the time Audubon and his four assistants
embarked on their journey up the Missouri River, in 1843, to
collect information and images of western mammals, he had
drawn 61 species. Although this expedition proved scientifically
disappointing to John Bachman, 150 hand-colored lithographs
were published in both an imperial folio size (1845-1848) and a
smaller octavo edition (1846-1853).
Audubon died in 1851, with plates for the Quadrupeds, but not
all of the text, completed.
WILD TURKEY
| SUMMER RED BIRD |
Click on the images to the right to see the enlarged versions
of John James Audubon's art work.
of John James Audubon's art work.
BUNTING
WARBLER
BLUE GROSBEAK
| FINCH |
| FORKTAILED FLYCATCHER |
| SWAINSONS WARBLER |
MALLARD DUCK
| YELLOW RED POLL WARBLER |
BLACKBIRD
| GREAT BLUE HERON |
LOUISIANA HERON
| PASSENGER PIGEON |
PURPLE HERON
| ROSETTA SPOONBILL |
| SNOWY HERON OR WHITE EGRET |
