John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), Study for Havell pl. 1, ca. 1825
Watercolor, black ink, graphite, pastel, collage, and gouache with touches of metallic pigment and selective glazing on paper, laid on card; 39 7/16 x 26 3/8 in. (100.2 x 67 cm)
Purchased for the New-York Historical Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon, 1863.17.1
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William H. Lizars (1788–1859), retouched by Robert Havell Jr. (1793–1878), after John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), engraved copper plate for plate 1 of The Birds of America
Copper
Copper; 39 3/8 x 26 3/8 in. (100 x 67 cm)
American Museum of Natural History Library, New York, Gift of Cleveland E. Dodge
William H. Lizars (1788–1859) after John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), plate 1 of The Birds of America (1827–38), volume 1
Hand-colored etching with aquatint and engraving
New-York Historical Society, Gift of Mrs. [Patricia] Harvey Breit and Mrs. Gratia R. Laiser in memory of their mother, Gratia Houghton Rinehart, 1954
John James Audubon (1785–1851)
Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo), Study for Havell pl. 6, 1820
Pastel, watercolor, oil, graphite, and black ink on paper, laid on card; 25 1/2 x 38 15/16 in.
(64.8 x 98.9 cm)
Purchased for the New-York Historical Society by public subscription from Mrs. John J. Audubon, 1863.17.6
Allen & Horton Photographers, Boston (after a miniature of 1831 by Frederick Cruickshank [1800–1868])
Carte-de-visite of John James Audubon (1785–1851), ca. 1861–62
Photographic reproduction on paper, laid on card; 4 1/2 x 2 3/8 in. (11.4 x 6 cm)
New-York Historical Society Library, Gift of Daniel Parish Jr., 1903
