Audubon's aviary : the original watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson ; with an essay by Marjorie Shelley and contributions by Alexandra Mazzitelli.
Olson, Roberta J. M.; Shelley, Marjorie, 1945-; Mazzitelli, Alexandra.; Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America.; New-York Historical Society.
2012
QL681 .O47 2012
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Title
Audubon's aviary : the original watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson ; with an essay by Marjorie Shelley and contributions by Alexandra Mazzitelli.
Author
Olson, Roberta J. M.
ISBN
9780847834839 trade ed.
0847834832 trade ed.
9780847839438 (deluxe ed.)
0847839435 (deluxe ed.)
Publication Details
New York : New-York Historical Society : Skira Rizzoli, 2012.
Language
English
Description
448 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 34 cm. + 1 plate in envelope.
Call Number
QL681 .O47 2012
Note
Published to accompany a series of exhibitions of the New-York Historical Society's collection of Audubon's watercolors for The birds of America, beginning in 2013--Cf. pref.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 436-441) and index.
Added Author
Shelley, Marjorie, 1945-
Mazzitelli, Alexandra.
Audubon, John James, 1785-1851. Birds of America.
Added Corporate Author
New-York Historical Society.
Record Appears in
University Archives & Special Collections > Books and Periodicals
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All Resources
A biographical sketch of an American icon / Roberta J.M. Olson
Audubon's innovations and the traditions of ornithological illustration : some things old, some things borrowed, but most things new / Roberta J.M. Olson
Drawing birds : Audubon's artistic practices / Marjorie Shelley
Highlights from the watercolors for The birds of America / Roberta J.M. Olson
The rest of the flock
Listing of Audubon's bird watercolors in the New-York Historical Society / compiled by Alexandra Mazzitelli.

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