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By Ryan McCarthy On January 6, 2015 · Add Comment · In In Depth, Part III of The Complete Flock

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Audubon’s Aviary: Part I and Part II of The Complete Flock
Letter from John James Audubon (Liverpool, England) to Robert Havell Jr. (London, England), December 31, 1827
This letter dates from the first year of the Audubon-Havell collaboration, [...]
Extinct or Endangered Species
Until the 1870s, immense flocks of Eskimo Curlews migrating through the Can[...]
Master Drawings: The “Early Birds” of John James Audubon
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JJA’s Trio of Cormorant Species: From Florida to Labrador
Audubon also depicted this species of cormorants during the Labrador Expedi[...]
Success Story: The Whooping Crane
Standing at almost five feet, the Whooping Crane is the tallest North Ameri[...]
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Written by Roberta J.M. Olson with a contribution by Marjorie Shelley, Audubon’s Aviary: The Original Watercolors for the Birds of America returns to these original paintings and tells the story behind this monumental classic with new discoveries about this American icon. Audubon’s Aviary was awarded the 2013 Association of Art Museum Curators Outstanding Permanent Collection Catalogue Prize, as well as the Henry Allen Moe Prize for Catalogs of Distinction in the Arts, the New York State Historical Association, 2013. It was also selected as one of Amazon.com’s 2012 Best Books of the Year and the 2013 New York Book Show Award winner in the category of Fine Art.

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