The Birds of America
Artist
John James Audubon
(American, 1785 - 1851)
Lithographer
John T. Bowen
(American, 1801 - 1856)
Publisher
J. B. Chevalier
(1813 - 1870)
Date1840-1844
Mediumlithograph on paper, hand-colored with printed text; bound in blue paper
DimensionsOctavo: 10 3/4 x 6 7/8 inches (27.3 x 17.5 cm)
Credit LineBequest of H.J. Lutcher Stark, 1965
Object number11.1.6.1
ClassificationsInformation Artifacts
Description100 original parts in 7 volumes with 500 plates total. The parts have blue and cream paper covers and are stored in brown cloth portfolios (7 volumes). This is the first octavo edition and the plates are in systematic/ species order. Each part contains five plates derived from the original double elephant folio size birds accompanied by text from "Ornithological Biography."ProvenancePurchased December 3, 1945 through (Nada Kramar, Washington, D.C.) 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
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