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(4)
Tags
BirdsLeavesEggs
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.