Guide to the John James Audubon artwork, 1835-1860

Collection Number: 6721

Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library

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, March 2013

© 2008 Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library


DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Audubon, John James, 1785-1851.
Title:
John James Audubon artwork, 1835-1860
Collection Number:
6721
Quantity:
3 cubic feet.
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
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).
Language:
Collection material in English


COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

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).

SUBJECTS

Names:
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America.
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Viviparous quadrupeds of North America.
Cornell University. Laboratory of Ornithology.

Subjects:
Birds--North America--Pictorial works.
Mammals--North America--Pictorial works.

Form/genre terms:
Engravings--United States--19th century.


INFORMATION FOR USERS

Items with four digit ID numbers are on deposit from the Lab of Ornithology. More information on these pieces can be found in the Lab of O art database. Items stating RMC are owned by the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections.
Dimensions listed in millimeters.
Cite As:
John James Audubon artwork, #6721. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.

CONTAINER LIST

Date
Description
Container
Florida Jay - No. 47, Plate 233 - 0603 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Cedar Bird, or Cedar Waxwing - No. 50, Plate 246 - 0604 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Mallard - No. 77, Plate 385 - 0605 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Evening Grosbeak - No. 42, Plate 207 - 0606 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Snow Lark Bunting - No. 31, Plate 155 - 0607 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Summer Red-bird - No. 42, Plate 208 - 0608 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Yellow Crowned Night Heron - No. 73, Plate 364 - 8005 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Fork-tailed Flycatcher - No. 11, Plate 52 - 8025 - Octavo edition.
Box 1
Indigo-Birds - No. 15, Plate 74 - 8000 - Double elephant folio - 1829.
Mapcase K-4
70.9 x 50.7
Attached to acidic backing.
Song Sparrows - No. 5, Plate 25 - 8001 - Double elephant folio - no date.
Mapcase K-4
70.5 x 50.6
White-throated Sparrow - Plate VIII, No. II - 8002 - Lizars - no date.
Mapcase K-4
70.8 x 50.7
Great White Heron - No. 57, Plate CCLXXXI - 8003 - Reduced black and white reproduction.
Mapcase K-4
65.4 x 50.2
"Reproduced at three fifths size from the original plate in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History."
Warbling Flycatcher - No. 24, Plate CXVIII - 8006 - Double elephant folio - no date.
Mapcase K-4
72.3 x 53.6
Palm Warbler - No. 33, Plate CLXIII - 8007 - Double elephant folio - 1833. Possibly a later restrike.
Mapcase K-4
72.1 x 53.3
Hutchins's Barnacle Goose - No. 56, Plate CCLXXVII - 8010B, Reduced black and white reproduction.
Mapcase K-4
61.0 x 50.8
"Reproduced at four fifths size from the original plate in the collection of the American Museum of Natural History."
Yellow-Crowned Heron - No. 15-2, Plate 364 - 0601 - Bien - 1860.
Folder K-212-B-6
99.5 x 69.0
Attached to acidic backing.
American Sparrow Hawk - No. 29, Plate CXLII - 0602 - Double elephant folio - no date.
Folder K-212-B-6
91.9 x 64.7
Swallow-Tailed Hawk - No. 15-3, Plate 18 - 8008 - Bien - 1860.
Folder K-212-B-6
102.0 x 68.9
White-Eyed Flycatcher or Vireo - No. 15-5, Plate 240 and Red-Eyed Vireo - No. 15-6, Plate 243 - 8009, Both on single sheet. - Bien - 1860.
Folder K-212-B-6
101.9 x 68.7
Hutchins's Barnacle Goose - No. 56, Plate CCLXXVII - 8010, Full size black and white reproduction.
Folder K-212-B-6
81.7 x 66.1
"Struck from the original Havell engraving to commemorate the 75th Anniversary Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union, held at the American Museum of Natural History, New York, in October 1958."
Purple Finch - Plate 4 - RMC
Folder K-212-B-7
Tell-tale Godwit or Snipe - Plate 308 - RMC
Folder K-212-B-7
Tell-tale Godwit or Snipe - Plate 308 - RMC - Uncolored restrike.
Folder K-212-B-7
Swallow-Tailed Hawk - No. 15, Plate 72 - 8004 - Double elephant folio - 1829
Folder Hill ++++
98.9 x 65.5
Frigate Pelican - No. 55, Plate CCLXXI - 8012 - Double elephant folio - Date corner torn off.
Folder Hill ++++
96.1 x 63.8
Attached to acidic backing.
Semipalmated Sandpiper - No. 81, Plate CCCCV - 8013 - Double elephant folio - 1838.
Folder Hill ++++
94.3 x 63.9
Audubon elephant folio Frontispiece: Birds of America, from Original Drawings by John James Audubon. Volume III - 8014
Volume Hill ++++
Ferruginous Thrush - No. 24, Plate CXVI - 8018 - Double elephant folio - no date.
Folder Hill ++++
98.5 x 66.2
Says Least Shrew - No. 14, Plate LXX - 8019 - Bowen - 1845.
Folder Hill ++++
68.8 x 54.2
Franklins Marmot Squirrell - No. 17, Plate LXXXIV - 8020 - Bowen - 1846.
Folder Hill ++++
70.0 x 55.4
Dusky Squirrell - No. 24, Plate CXVII - 8021 - Bowen - no date.
Folder Hill ++++
69.7 x 55.2
The Camas Rat - No. 29, Plate CXLII - 8023 - Bowen - 1848.
Folder Hill ++++
68.7 x 54.0
White-Crowned Pigeon - No. 36, Plate CLXXVII - 8015
Folder Loaned to Lab of O
Swamp Sparrow - No. 15, Plate LXIV - 8024
Folder Loaned to Lab of O
Chuck-Wills Widow - No. 11, Plate LII - 8017
Folder Loaned to Lab of O
Mocking Bird - No. 5, Plate XXI - 8016
Folder Loaned to Lab of O
1834
From Original Print: Hudson Bay Titmouse, No. 39 Pl. CXIV
Mapcase F-7 Folder 1
Engraved, colored and printed by R. Havell
1831
Original Print: Swamp Sparrow, No. 13 Pl. LXIV
Mapcase F-7 Folder 13
Engraved, colored and printed by R. Havell. J Whatman Watermark.