John James Audubon

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Object Details

Artist

Unidentified Artist

Copy after

John Woodhouse Audubon, 1812 - 1862

Sitter

John James Audubon, 26 Apr 1785 - 27 Jan 1851

Provenance

(Bland Gallery Inc., New York); purchased by NGA through gift from Avalon Foundation 6 July 1951; transferred 1965 to NPG.

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

Date

c. 1841

Object number

NPG.65.67

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

Frame: 91.4 × 77.5 × 10.8 cm (36 × 30 1/2 × 4 1/4")

Stretcher: 71.3 × 55.6 × 2.2 cm (28 1/16 × 21 7/8 × 7/8")

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Location

Currently not on view

Data Source

National Portrait Gallery

Topic

Weapon\Gun\Rifle

Exterior\Landscape\Rural

Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap

Nature & Environment\Animal\Dog

John James Audubon: Arts and Culture\Visual Arts\Artist

John James Audubon: Male

John James Audubon: Science and Technology\Scientist\Biologist\Zoologist\Ornithologist

John James Audubon: Science and Technology\Scientist\Naturalist

John James Audubon: Arts and Culture\Literature\Writer\Nature writer

Portrait

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4450b11b9-860b-4269-988e-867c44a60733

Record ID

npg_NPG.65.67