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John James Audubon artwork

 Collection
Identifier: 6721

Abstract

Collection includes loose prints from Audubon books, The birds of America (double elephant folio of 1827-1838 and a subsequent octavo edition) and The viviparous quadrupeds of North America (1846-1854), as well as later reproductions of Audubon prints.

Dates

  • 1829-2002,-1829-1860 (bulk)

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Access Restrictions:

Access restricted to the permission of the curator.

Extent

6.3 cubic feet. (6.3 cubic feet.)

RELATED MATERIAL

The Waldemar H. Fries Audubon research papers, #3427 also contains original and reproductions of Audubon prints.

The Laboratory of Ornithology artwork collection, #17-2-3522 and the Louis Agassiz Fuertes papers, #2662 also contain artwork on deposit from Cornell's Laboratory of Ornithology

General

Contact Information:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections 2B Carl A. Kroch Library Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3530 Fax: (607) 255-9524 rareref@cornell.edu http://rmc.library.cornell.edu
Compiled by:
Evan Fay Earle
Date completed:
August 2006
EAD encoding:
April 2008
Date modified:
Evan Earle, May 2014
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Evan Fay Earle
Date
August 2006
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
ENG

Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

Contact:
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)