Document Type
Article
Date
Fall 1989
Keywords
Syracuse University Special Collections, John James Audubon, ornithology, birds, Birds of America
Language
English
Disciplines
American Art and Architecture | American Studies | Poultry or Avian Science
Description/Abstract
This article highlights some of the works of the legendary work of John James Audubon, drawn from the collection located in Syracuse University's Special Collections. The author gives special attention to the 1820-21 journal of his voyage down the Ohio and Mississippi (which has been preserved intact), the English and Scottish journal of 1826 (also in its original form), and the descriptive sketches of early pioneer life in the Ornithological Biography. These early journal sources dramatically reveal, at first hand, Audubon's long struggle through many failures and obstacles to win the success and recognition he craved and also enduring status as a distinctively American artist.
Recommended Citation
Sutton, Walter. "Audubon/Au-du-bon: Man and Artist." The Courier 24.2 (1989): 9-28.
Source
local input
Included in
American Art and Architecture Commons, American Studies Commons, Poultry or Avian Science Commons
