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
- c. 1841
- Object number
- NPG.65.67
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Frame (Verified): 91.4 x 77.5 x 10.8cm (36 x 30 1/2 x 4 1/4")
- Stretcher: 71.3 × 55.6 × 2.2 cm (28 1/16 × 21 7/8 × 7/8")
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Weapon\Gun\Rifle
- Exterior\Landscape\Rural
- Costume\Headgear\Hat\Cap
- Nature & Environment\Animal\Dog
- John James Audubon: 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: Literature\Writer\Nature writer
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.65.67
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm4450b11b9-860b-4269-988e-867c44a60733
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