Birds of america

In 2014, an exhibition of watercolours by the renowned avian artist, John James Audubon, opened in New York. The reviews, from the New York Times to the Guardian, were unambiguously enthusiastic, celebrating the painter as a legendary genius who ‘exceeded the limits of his era’. Fast forward eight years, and a rather different vibe hangs

Plates drawn by J.J. Audubon and lithographed by J.T. Bowen of Philadelphia and Endicott of New York; plates also initialled: J.C.; W.E.H.; C.P.; R.T

By John James Audubon (1785-1851), American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos, Pélican d’Amérique), The Birds of America.

Download free image of Arctic Tern from Birds of America (1827) by John James Audubon, etched by William Home Lizars. Original from University of Pittsburg. Digitally enhanced by rawpixel. about bird, john james audubon, arctic tern, tern, and john audubon 277400

Although Magpies are abundant in the north-western portions of the United States, and are met with as far north as the Saskatchewan river, where, according to Dr. RICHARDSON, some of them spend the...

This bird is a constant resident in all our southern States, extends far up the Mississippi, and continues the whole year in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, and even in the State of Ohio as far as...

Photo listed in Animal. Shot taken in United States of America with Canon EOS-1D X Mark III.

One of hundreds of thousands of free digital items from The New York Public Library.