Description of Audubon's Birds of America, The Quadrupeds of America and Gould's Bird's of Europe
Author
John Woodhouse Audubon
(American, 1812 - 1862)
Date1861
Mediumpen and ink on paper
Dimensions8 3/4 x 5 1/2 inches (22.2 x 14 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.2.105.B
ClassificationsDocumentary Artifacts
DescriptionPage two of a three page letter. This page constains a description of Audubon's "The Birds of America," "The Quadrupeds of America" and John Gould's "Birds of Europe."ProvenanceJohn Woodhouse Audubon [1812-1862]; John Taylor Johnston [1870-1889]; by descent to his great-grandson William W. Appleton [1915-2014][1], New York, New York; purchased October 10, 1964 by H.J. Lutcher Stark [1887-1965]; bequeathed September 2, 1965 to the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation; accessioned to the Stark Museum of Art
| 1. Letter from William W. Appleton to H.J. Lutcher Stark dated July 31 [1964] states that he found the letter with other receipts that belonged to his great-grandfather.
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