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Author:
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Subject:
Audubon, John James 1785-1851  Search this
Physical description:
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 7w x 9.5h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Portraits
Date:
c. 1845
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary:
Portrait of John James Audubon (1785-1851), ornithologist, naturalist and artist, French-American ornithologist, is known for his studies, illustrations and documentation of all types of American birds. Audubon's most famous work, The Birds of America (1827-1839), is still renowned today. He identified 25 new species of birds and conducted the first known bird-banding experiment in America in the early 1800s.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 46
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Ornithologists  Search this
Ornithology  Search this
Birds  Search this
Art and science  Search this
Artists  Search this
Naturalists  Search this
Scientific illustration  Search this
Standard number:
SIA2007-0020 or 2002-10696
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_14093