The Original Water-Color Paintings by John James Audubon for The Birds of America [Watercolor]

431 plates. ABOUT THE ARTIST: John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted, cataloged, and described the birds of North America in a form far superior to what had gone before. Born in Haiti and raised in France as a youth, in his embrace of America, and his outsize personality and achievements, he represented the new American people of the United States.