AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Whip-poor-will, (Plate 82), 1827–1838 McKenney The city’s architecture—marked by elaborate

The city’s architecture—marked by elaborate towers and orderly districts—reflects a conscious effort to model Northern urbanity after the great capitals of Europe

The present work bares resemblance to the Museum of Fine Arts Boston’s On the Warpath (right)

Other examples can be found in the Baldwin Collection of Canadiana at the Toronto Public Library

“One of the half-dozen most important mother maps of southeastern North America

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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Whip-poor-will, (Plate 82), 1827–1838 McKenney The city’s architecture—marked by elaborateJOHN JAMES AUDUBON (AMERICAN, 17851851) Whip poor will, Plate 82 From the Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 18271838 Paper size: 38 1 2 x 25 1 2 in. Provenance: John Vickers Painter Collection, Cleveland, Ohio. No sooner has the sun disappeared beneath the horizon, than this bird bestirs itself, and sets out in pursuit of insects. It passes low over the bushes, moves to the right or left, alights on