Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)Herrick, Francis Hobart
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Audubon the Naturalist: A History of His Life and Time. Vol. 2 (of 2)
Herrick, Francis Hobart
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851
11. _1838._—Portrait in oils, three-quarters length, by George P. A.
Healy; represents Audubon in hunting shirt, with flowing collar
open at neck, knapsack at side and gun in hand (see Frontispiece,
Vol. II); painted in London upon the initiative of the artist,
still struggling for recognition.
This portrait, with a number of other paintings, was raffled at Boston,
at a later day, when it was won by the artist, who then gave it to
a former patron, Mr. Bradlee, by whom it was presented to the Boston
Society of Natural History, and it now hangs in the library of that
institution. The present reproduction is from a photograph received
through the kindness of Mr. Ruthven Deane, who still owns the negative,
which was reproduced in Mr. Healy's _Reminiscences_ (see Bibliography,
No. 197).
12. _1840-45_ (?).—Cameo, by John C. King; original intaglio, in shell,
a cast of which was given by the artist to Mr. Kennard, and is
now in possession of Mr. Frederic H. Kennard, of Boston; cast
first reproduced by C. Hart Merriam, in _The Auk_ for 1908 (see
Bibliography, No. 226).
Mr. King was a Scotch artist and sculptor, who died at Boston, April
21, 1882.
13. _1841_ (?).—Portrait in oils, full length and size, by John
Woodhouse Audubon; figure seated, with landscape background; gun
resting on arm, and dog at side. For reproduction, see Maria R.
Audubon, _op. cit._ This or the following used as the basis of a
painting by Alonzo Chappel (see No. 23).
14. _1841_ (?).—Half-length portrait in oils, natural size, by John
Woodhouse and Victor Gifford Audubon. Original presented to the
American Museum of Natural History by Mr. Fordham Morris in 1900;
for reproduction, see Vol. II, p. 226.
15. _1841_ (?).—Full-length portrait, in oils, by John Woodhouse
Audubon; original now in possession of the American Museum of
Natural History; for reproduction, see Vol. II, p. 250.
16. _1842._—Pencil sketch by Isaac Sprague (1811-1895), an artist noted
for his paintings of plants and birds. Sprague accompanied Audubon
on his expedition to the Missouri River in 1843. According to Miss
Maria R. Audubon, the original drawing is still in possession
of the Sprague family, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. For
reproduction, see Maria R. Audubon, _op. cit._
17. _1843._—Half-length portrait in oils, by John Woodhouse Audubon,
representing the naturalist as he appeared when returning from his
expedition to the Missouri River in November, 1843, with flowing
white hair and beard; he wears a green overcoat, with fur collar,
and with both hands holds a favorite gun. The original, which was
never quite finished, is now in possession of his granddaughters,
at Salem, New York. For reproduction, see Maria R. Audubon, _op.
cit._, vol. i., frontispiece.
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