from Audubon’s book of mammals. Stephen Lewis Detail from the color plate of John James Audubon’s swift fox in The Quadrupeds of North America. Stephen Lewis The spring of 1843 came late.

John James Audubon was an American artist and naturalist best known for his detailed paintings of North American birds. Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed ...

John James Audubon — who painted a total of 1,065 birds in his life — is considered one of the landmark figures of North ...

Author David Sibley writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: As a young man John James Audubon was obsessed with birds, and he had a vision for a completely different kind of book. He would paint ...

Just inside the doorway of the Northwestern University Library you will find a glass case that contains a first edition set of John James Audubon’s Birds of America, one of only 120 complete sets ...

Birds of America is a series that was published from 1827 to 1838 in which John James Audubon attempted to paint every bird species in North America ... The original book was printed on paper ...

It's not hard to imagine why a group of teenagers might attempt to steal John James Audubon's book The Birds of America, a true story told in the film American Animals. Published 1827-1838, it's ...