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[John James Audubon, half-length portrait, facing right] – Vintage Wall Art

[John James Audubon, half-length portrait, facing right], c1861. — historic photograph
[John James Audubon, half-length portrait, facing right], c1861.. Historic photograph from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Step back in time with [John James Audubon, half-length portrait, facing right], a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[John James Audubon, half-length portrait, facing right]

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Shown in half-length and turned toward the right, the naturalist John James Audubon appears here as a man who had already been dead for about ten years when this print was made around 1861. The picture carries the copyright line of M.B. Brady, whose New York studio was among the best known in the United States and later became famous for its Civil War photographs. Because Audubon died in 1851, the portrait was probably copied from an earlier painting or engraving rather than taken from a live sitting. Audubon's *Birds of America* made him one of the most celebrated naturalists of his day.

Created / publishedc1861.
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePortrait photographs 1860-1870.Photographic prints 1860-1870.
NotesCopyright by M.B. Brady.
SubjectsAudubon, John James,--1785-1851.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan966 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-161162

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