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Artist
Unidentified Artist
Copy after
John Woodhouse Audubon, 1812 - 1862
Sitter
John James Audubon, 26 Apr 1785 - 27 Jan 1851
Date
c. 1841
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
Frame (Verified): 91.4 x 77.5 x 10.8cm (36 x 30 1/2 x 4 1/4")
John James Audubon: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist\Zoologist\Ornithologist
John James Audubon: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist
John James Audubon: Literature\Writer\Nature writer
Portrait
Credit Line
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the Avalon Foundation through the generosity of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, 1951
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Object number
NPG.65.67
Provenance
(Bland Gallery Inc., New York); purchased by NGA through gift from Avalon Foundation 6 July 1951; transferred 1965 to NPG.
