AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Baltimore Oriole, (Plate 12), 1827-1838 Artists_Deborah Passmore Gillingham Plate mark: 16 x 21

Plate mark: 16 x 21 1/4"

Food was so scarce and the French settlement so close to extinction that he was glad to take up an offer from the French commander-general

and records at Sevres show that he supplied drawings to the factory there in 1806

his great contemporary

The gazetteers — often missing — show both the debt to Gastaldi (his name is not removed) and the holistic conception of the work: two quite similarly-formatted works

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Baltimore Oriole, (Plate 12), 1827-1838 Artists_Deborah Passmore Gillingham Plate mark: 16 x 21JOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851). Baltimore Oriole, Plate 12 From The Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 1827 1838 Paper size: 36 x 24 3 4 in. Framed size: 49 1 2 x 37 in.