[TN-Bird] John James Audubon
- From: "Cyndi Routledge" <routledges@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tn-bird" <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:12:34 -0500
Today is April 26th and it is the birthday of wildlife artist John James
Audubon, born in Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) (1785). He was raised in France,
and when he was 18 he took off for America, under a false passport, to escape
being drafted into Napoleon's army. He ended up at a rural estate not far from
Philadelphia, and spent his days bird-watching, fishing, hunting, drawing, and
making music.
He decided he would create a portfolio of America's avifauna, and that he would
produce the most realistic depictions of birds ever made. He and his wife set
off down the Mississippi River. He brought along a gun and his art supplies,
and his wife kept them from starving by earning money tutoring wealthy families
on plantations. An Edinburgh printer was the first to publish his collection,
Birds of America. The book, containing 435 images, accounted for every known
bird species in America at the time, and it remains one of the most important
contributions to the field of ornithology. ~ Garrison Keillor
Happy birthday and happy birding...
Cyndi Routledge
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