http://audubon.library.pitt.edu/
The name John James Audubon
has become synonymous with bird conservation science thanks to Birds of
America, his extensive series of paintings sold as life-size prints between
1827 and 1838. Only 120 complete double elephant folio sets of Audubon's
masterpiece are thought to exist, the pages of which were printed on "the
largest paper sheets available at the time" and hand-colored. The
University of Pittsburgh acquired one of these rare complete sets as part of
the Darlington Collection ... . This
collection also includes Audubon's Ornithological Biography, written as
a companion piece to Birds of America, and the University of Pittsburgh
Library has carefully preserved and digitized both works. Here, readers can
search and explore all 435 of Audubon's paintings from Birds of America.
When browsing the collection by plate name, each plate is paired with a link to
the relevant pages from Ornithological Biography, which features
Audubon's "lively narratives that describe each bird and includes
additional information, such as their habitat." For those interested, the
Audubon at Pitt section contains background information about Audubon's work
and the library's preservation and digitization project.
via https://scout.wisc.edu/archives/r50500/audubons_ibirds_of_americai
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