Nationality
American
Title of Work
Preview
Medium
Postcard
Height
4"
Width
6"
Collection/Provenance
Art & Design Study Collection, James Smith Pierce Collection
Status
Stored: FF_012_B
Location
UND Art Collections Repository
Artist Bio
John James Audubon was born Jean-Jacques Rabin in 1785 in the French colony of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti. As a young child his family moved to Couëron, France where he lived until his immigration to the United States in 1803 at the age of 18.
Audubon then began to study birds at his family farm in America called Mill Grove. Although he would undergo various enterprises in his life, Audubon is still best known for his book The Birds of America, which aimed to document and accurately depict every bird species in North America. The Birds of America is a massive work of 435 life-sized prints of 497 bird species, all made from engraved copper plates and hand-colored personally by Audubon. In 1851, at the age of 65, Audubon died.
Additional Information
A light blue postcard with scalloped edges. Postcard depicts two cardinals each on tree branches. Published by Glenn Durham, original photograph taken for this drawing reference was taken by Kentucky Tourist and Travel.
UND Art Collections owns 46 copies of this postcard.
Condition
All good condition - unused.
Rights
Images are provided for educational purposes only and may not be reproduced for commercial use. Images may be protected by artist copyright. A credit line is required to be used for any public non-commercial educational purpose. The credit line must include, “Image courtesy of the University of North Dakota.”