John J. Audubon

ID: 2002-10697 and MAH-13045

Creator: Unknown (J. Lion?)

Form/Genre: Engraving

Date: c.1820

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder 46

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Summary

A cyanotype of an etching of John J. Audubon (1785-1851), ornithologist, as a young man. The signature appears to read John Lion, 1860.

Subject

Audubon, John James 1785-1851

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The original negative number is MAH-13045.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 1, Folder 46

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c.1820

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Animals
  • Birds
  • Portraits
  • Ornithology
  • Ornithologists

Form/Genre

  • Engraving
  • Cyanotype

ID Number

2002-10697 and MAH-13045

Physical description

Color: Cyanotype; Size: 8hX6w; Type of Image: Portrait; Medium: Cyanotype of Etching

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