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The viviparous quadrupeds of North America
by John James Audubon
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in English and held by 64 libraries worldwide
Victor Gifford Audubon collection, 1845-1859
by Victor Gifford Audubon
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Collection includes correspondence between Victor Gifford Audubon and Daniel Rice, a book subscription agent, regarding the production and sale of the works of John James Audubon. Also included are 22 uncolored, 8 partially tinted and 2 hand-colored lithographed plates for the octavo edition of "The Birds of North America," all by John T. Bowen after Audubon; 3 additional hand-colored plates, also by Bowen after Audubon, which may have served as colorist's proofs or models; and a group of 19 pencil and watercolor portraits and drawings by an unidentified artist.
John James Audubon papers, 1813-1880 (inclusive) 1828-1855 (bulk)
by John James Audubon
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Contains professional correspondence, mostly letters from Audubon to Robert Havell, Jr., the English engraver for The Birds of America; John Bachman, the naturalist with whom Audubon collaborated on Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; and Thomas Mayo Brewer, the ornithologist and oölogist; also letters from Audubon's wife, Lucy, and son, Victor, to Havell and Bachman; letters from Brewer to Bachman; and some correspondence with other naturalists. Also includes a few manuscript drafts by Audubon for his Ornithological Biography and some financial papers.
Letters to Samuel G. Morton from Victor and John James Audubon, 1836-1840
by Samuel George Morton
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in Undetermined and held by 1 library worldwide
Victor Audubon letters to John L. Le Conte, 1852
by Victor Gifford Audubon
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in Undetermined and held by 1 library worldwide Letters from Audubon to John Lawrence LeConte concerning Audubon's father, John James Audubon.
American Philosophical Society selected records, 1784-1954
by American Philosophical Society
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in Undetermined and held by 1 library worldwide Selected art related letters, committee reports, registrars' and curators' records, pamphlets and exhibition catalogs from the Archives of the American Philosophical Society. Many of the letters are to the Society's secretary and librarian John Vaughan; a few are to the Society's presidents Thomas Jefferson and Peter S. Du Ponceau, and officials John K. Kane and J. Peter Lesley.
Photographs of drawings
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Folders contains photographs and information sheets related to drawings signed or attributed to artists whose most active years fall between 1825 and 1850. Information may include the title of work, owner, medium, additional provenance, date, dimensions, and medium. Most photographs are black-and-white and of professional quality.
Photographs of paintings
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Folders contains photographs and information sheets related to paintings signed or attributed to artists whose most active years fall between 1825 and 1850. Information may include the title of work, owner, additional provenance, date, dimensions, and medium. Most photographs are black-and-white and of professional quality.
Victor Gifford Audubon : artist file : study photographs and reproductions of works of art with accompanying documentation
by Victor Gifford Audubon
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Assembled file includes b&w photographs, reproductions from books and auction catalogs, and in some cases, negatives. Items may include full views, details, before-and-after restoration views, etc. Documentation may include artist name, title of work, medium, dimensions, provenance, exhibition history, related works, previous attributions, and bibliography.
William Sidney Mount papers, 1833-1868
by William Sidney Mount
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in English and held by 1 library worldwide Correspondence and papers, 1833-1868. Most of the letters are related to his work as an artist - more than one letter discusses portrait painting - though there are some personal and family letters. The collection includes some copies of Mount's own letters. There is a group of thirty letters to and from Charles Lanman, including one from Mount's brother, Shepard A. Mount. A letter from Francis Fauvel-Gouraud dated 1839 describes a projected exhibition of works by Daguerre, and an 1851 letter from Victor Gifford Audubon requests a painting for reproduction in Audubon's new technique of color lithography. A letter from Josiah D. Canning suggests one of his poems as a subject for a painting. There are a few sketches, including one of Mount's 1867 painting "Politically Dead," with some discussion of responses to it, and miscellaneous notes on art and other subjects. There are also miscellaneous printed ephemera, tickets and invitations to art exhibitions, including one from Thomas Cole; certificates licensing Richard E. Mount to practice as a lawyer; a list of portraits painted by Mount; miscellaneous printed material about patents; clippings; and a tintype of a young woman.
Receipt, 1840 Aug 18, New York, to I. Cozzens
by Victor Gifford Audubon
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1 edition published in 1840 in English and held by 1 library worldwide Receipt, acknowledging payment for nos. 1-15 of Birds of America, subscribed in behalf of Walter Laurie.
Papers, 1813-1880 (inclusive) 1828-1855 (bulk)
by John James Audubon
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in English and held by 0 libraries worldwide Contains professional correspondence, mostly letters from Audubon to Robert Havell, Jr., the English engraver for The Birds of America; John Bachman, the naturalist with whom Audubon collaborated on Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America; and Thomas Mayo Brewer, the ornithologist and oölogist; also letters from Audubon's wife, Lucy, and son, Victor, to Havell and Bachman; letters from Brewer to Bachman; and some correspondence with other naturalists. Also includes a few manuscript drafts by Audubon for his Ornithological Biography and some financial papers. more
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Architects Art Art, American Art--Collectors and collecting Artists Artists--Social life and customs Audubon, John James,--1785-1851 Audubon, John Woodhouse,--1812-1862 Audubon, Lucy Green Bakewell,--1788-1874 Audubon, Victor Gifford,--1809-1860 Authors and publishers Birds--Research Bonaparte, Charles Lucian,--1803-1857 Booksellers and bookselling Bowen, John T.,--ca. 1801-1856? Cole, Thomas,--1801-1848 Columbian Society of Artists Copley, John Singleton,--1738-1815 Exhibition catalogs Greenough, Horatio,--1805-1852 Harlan, Richard,--1796-1843 Havell, Robert,--1793-1878 James Munroe and Company Krimmel, John Lewis,--1786-1821 Leutze, Emanuel,--1816-1868 Mammals McKenney, Thomas Loraine,--1785-1859 Morton, Samuel George,--1799-1851 Museums National Academy of Design (U.S.) Natural history New York (State) New York State Museum North America Notman, John,--1810-1865 Ornithologists Painters Painting, Modern Peale, Raphaelle,--1774-1825 Peale family Pennsylvania--Philadelphia Portrait painting Portrait painting, American Rothermel, Peter Frederick,--1812-1895 Shaw, Joshua,--1776-1860 Sully, Thomas,--1783-1872 Travel United States Voyages and travels Weber, Paul,--1823-1916
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Audubon, Victor, 1809-1860
Victor Gifford Audubon 1809-1860
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