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Results for "The Birds of America, From Drawings Made"12 records

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Prairie Titlark. Anthus hypogaeus [current name: American Pipit. Anthus rubescens], from "The Birds of America," plate 80 [later LXXX] by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Prairie Titlark. Anthus hypogaeus [current name: American Pipit. Anthus rubescens], from "The Birds of America," plate 80 [later LXXX]

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1830 · Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Hooded Warbler. Sylvia mitrata [current name: Hooded Warbler. Wilsonia citrina], from "The Birds of America," plate CX by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hooded Warbler. Sylvia mitrata [current name: Hooded Warbler. Wilsonia citrina], from "The Birds of America," plate CX

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1831 · Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Chipping Sparrow. Fringilla socialis [current name: Chipping Sparrow. Spizella passerina], from "The Birds of America," plate CIV by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chipping Sparrow. Fringilla socialis [current name: Chipping Sparrow. Spizella passerina], from "The Birds of America," plate CIV

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

ca. 1830 · Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Cat Bird. Turdus felivox [current name: Gray Catbird. Dumetella carolinensis], from "The Birds of America," plate CXXVIII by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cat Bird. Turdus felivox [current name: Gray Catbird. Dumetella carolinensis], from "The Birds of America," plate CXXVIII

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1827–38 · Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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Pewee or Pewit Flycatcher. Muscicapa fusca [current name: Eastern Phoebe. Sayornis phoebe], from "The Birds of America," plate CXX by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Pewee or Pewit Flycatcher. Muscicapa fusca [current name: Eastern Phoebe. Sayornis phoebe], from "The Birds of America," plate CXX

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1827–38 · Hand-colored etching, aquatint and engraving

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1842 · Illustrations: hand-colored lithographs

Cleared · Public Domain

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The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States by John James Audubon, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1840–44 · Illustrations: hand-colored lithographs

Cleared · Public Domain

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Bluebird, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes by Allen & Ginter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Bluebird, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter

1888 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Snowy Owl, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes by Allen & Ginter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Snowy Owl, from the Birds of America series (N37) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes

Allen & Ginter

1888 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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Yellow-breasted Chat, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands by Allen & Ginter, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Yellow-breasted Chat, from the Birds of America series (N4) for Allen & Ginter Cigarettes Brands

Allen & Ginter

1888 · Commercial color lithograph

Cleared · Public Domain

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No open reproduction

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The Birds of America from Drawings Made in the United States

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1843 · Illustrations: hand-colored lithographs

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

The Birds of America, From Drawings Made in the United States and Their Territories

John James Audubon (d. 1851)

1840–44 · Illustrations: hand-colored lithographs

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