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Description of Audubon's Birds of America, The Quadrupeds of America and Gould's Bird's of Europe
Description of Audubon's Birds of America, The Quadrupeds of America and Gould's Bird's of Europe
Description of Audubon's Birds of America, The Quadrupeds of America and Gould's Bird's of Europe

Description of Audubon's Birds of America, The Quadrupeds of America and Gould's Bird's of Europe

Author (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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