Louis Agassiz Fuertes

portrait A native Ithacan and the nation's most notable ornithological painter since Audubon.

Cornell University holds a large collection of his bird illustrations, as well as his personal papers. You will find here a database with 2500 of these illustrations, as well as an exhibit based on the journal he kept during the 1899 Harriman Alaska expedition.

Search the L. A. Fuertes Image Database

Visit the Harriman Expedition Exhibit

View the guide to Cornell's collection of Louis Agassiz Fuertes personal papers


Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
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Last updated 8/31/01.