AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Whip-poor-will, (Plate 82), 1827–1838 Alabama River This finely engraved double-hemisphere world

This finely engraved double-hemisphere world map by Rumold Mercator

Barraband’s delicate hand and masterful application of color render each feather with astonishing precision

the sheet records both the adult moth and its larval forms with scientific accuracy and artistic restraint

Mason was also influenced by the work of the French artists that he saw at the Paris Exposition Universelle (1855)

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AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Whip-poor-will, (Plate 82), 1827–1838 Alabama River This finely engraved double-hemisphere worldJOHN 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