The Muskie Archives is bringing out its copy of James Audubon’s Birds of America for display in the lobby of Ladd Library.
When I started my research on the Samuel George Morton Cranial Collection, a librarian leaned over my laptop one day to share ...
John James Audubon was a self-trained artist ... Audubon, in his seminal 1827 pictorial guide “The Birds of America,” painted a never-before-documented species of eagle — the “Bird ...
Three taxidermied penguins preside over Room 426 in Allwine Hall, standing atop a row of metal cabinets in the back corner.
Twenty years later, American Libraries looks back at one of the most brazen and puzzling book heists in an academic library.
The Iain Nicolson Audubon Center in Nebraska, at Rowe Sanctuary, is one of the best places in the entire country to witness ...
Naturalist, painter and author Kenn Kaufman on the world of birds By Mary Ellen Riddle | Outer Banks Voice The room quieted. The sound of cutlery against chinaware disappeared as lights dimmed, ...
However, it’s probably fair to say your favourite book isn’t worth more than £7m - unlike a collection of illustrations of ...
The St. Paul and Minneapolis Audubon chapters have dropped the ... On left: Wood Duck, Plate 206 Hand-colored engraving from The Birds of America, 1826-1838, Bell Museum of Natural History.
Explore the fascinating £7.5m valued bird book by John James Audubon, held by Liverpool Council as a prized heritage asset.
In the extensive publications about John James Audubon (Fig. 1), the artist-naturalist who was America’s first great watercolorist, his art has not received the same attention as his dramatic life ...