John James Audubon's Birds of America is a portal into the natural world ... Nearly 200 years later, the Audubon prints are coming to life once again, thanks to our vibrant digital library. Click ...

Familiar feathered faces such as the flamingo and roseate spoonbill will be among the dozens of original Audubon prints at ...

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 ...

Just inside the doorway of the Northwestern University Library you will find a glass case that contains a first edition set of John James ... folio prints. “The reason the prints are so large is that ...

A traveling exhibition migrating to St. Petersburg tells the story of famous naturalist John James Audubon and the creation ...

The reason, of course, is John James Audubon, whose “Birds of America” project, published from 1827 to 1838, catalogued more ...

the huge and beautifully rendered prints of birds made early in the century by John James Audubon. Young Louis began drawing birds. His parents, perceiving that it was unlikely that their son ...

“When you recognize John James Audubon’s environmental legacy, you also have to grapple with his full legacy,” said Matt Reetz, Badgerland Bird Alliance executive director. “After talking ...

There, John James Audubon took an interest in birds, nature, drawing ... ornithological biographies—life histories of each of the species in the work. The last print was issued in 1838, by which time ...

John James Audubon’s The Birds of America (1827-1838 ... plates were prepared by overprinting images from other copperplates onto the normal state of a print. These overprintings corrected errors, ...