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 ...

Stephen Lewis Detail from the color plate of the bridled weasel, also known as the long-tailed weasel, from Audubon’s book of mammals. Stephen Lewis Detail from the color plate of John James ...

Author David Sibley writes in our 101 Objects Special Issue: As a young man John James ... but this art-reproduction technology allowed hundreds of people in the early 1800s to own Audubon ...

In the fall of 1813, John James Audubon was traveling ... flock of birds coming straight at him. Audubon—pioneer, frontier merchant, peerless bird artist and the creator of The Birds of America ...

John James Audubon, the pre-eminent 19th-century painter of birds, considered the snowy egret to be one of America’s surpassingly beautiful species. The egret, he noted, was also abundant.

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