John James Audubon
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Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: c. 1845
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 46
Portrait of John James Audubon (1785-1851), ornithologist, naturalist and artist, French-American ornithologist, is known for his studies, illustrations and documentation of all types of American birds. Audubon's most famous work, The Birds of America (1827-1839), is still renowned today. He identified 25 new species of birds and conducted the first known bird-banding experiment in America in the early 1800s.
Audubon, John James 1785-1851
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder: 46
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
c. 1845
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SIA2007-0020 or 2002-10696
Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and White; Size: 7w x 9.5h; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Photographic print