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AUDUBON, John James
b. 1785 Les Cayes · d. 1851 New York · Neoclassicism / Neoclassical
BIOGRAPHY
American naturalist and traveller of French extraction, who studied in Paris under Jacques-Louis David, before going to America in 1803. His most famous works are the illustrations for The Birds of America (1827-38), the original drawings for which are in New York (Historical Society), and the Quadrupeds of North America (1845-48). There are oils and watercolours in Liverpool (University).
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