Assorted Notecards of John James Audubon Birds of North America Paintings in a Boxed Set

John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and artist known for his studies and detailed illustrations of North American birds. Born in Les Cayes, Saint Domingue, Hispaniola (a former French colony; now Haiti). Audubon conducted his first scientific studies from his father’s Pennsylvania estate. After trying and failing in several different types of business ventures, he concentrated on drawing and studying birds and began traveling around the country to pursue this work. He got his extraordinary four-volume Birds of America published in London in 1827 and followed it up with several related works. He died in New York City in 1851.