The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States
Medium
Illustrations: hand-colored lithographs
Dimensions
book: 10 7/16 x 6 11/16 in. (26.5 x 17 cm) page: 10 x 6 3/8 in. (25.4 x 16.2 cm)
Classification
Books
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Emma Sheafer, 1974
Accession Number
1974.661.4(1–7)
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Art Historical Context
Step into the vibrant world of 19th-century American natural history with *The Birds of America from Drawings Made the United States*, a book of hand-colored lithographs created primarily by John James Audubon 1840 and 1844. Audubon, a pioneering ornithologist and artist, drew from his extensive fieldwork across the United States to capture over 400 bird species in exquisite detail. Collaborators like J. B. Chevalier and T. Bowen assisted in the lithographic printing, making this compact octavo edition (measuring about 10 x 6 inches per page) far more accessible than Audubon's monumental origi...
About the Artist
John James Audubon|J. B. Chevalier|John T. Bowen|John James Audubon · 1785–1851
American Naturalist, painter, and draughtsman of French–Creole descent. Brought up in a French village near Nantes, moved to and worked in the the United States.