John James Audubon
- Creation Date
- c. 1841
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Subject
- John James Audubon
- Dimensions
- 91.4 x 77.5 x 10.8cm (36 x 30 1/2 x 4 1/4")
70.5 x 54.6 x 3.8cm (27 3/4 x 21 1/2 x 1 1/2")
- Accession #
- NPG.65.67
- Object #
- 12509
- Credit Lines
- (Bland Gallery Inc., New York); purchased by NGA through gift from Avalon Foundation 6 July 1951; transferred 1965 to NPG. Notes: “I have just had sent to me a very important and well-authenticated portrait of Audubon. It came from the Tyler family (decendents [sic] of Audubon of New Haven Conn…was painted by Audubon’s two sons…” Harry MacNeill Bland to Macgill James, NGA, 14 December 1950. Letter 6 July 1951 Avalon Foundation to Board of Trustees, National Gallery; Letter from Morris Tyler, New Haven May 6, 1966 indicates he still owns Tyler family version. Letter from Mary T. Winters (descendant) 30 July 1993 “Next month I expect to be in the home of my cousin who owns what is believed to be the first version of this work.”
National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; transfer from the National Gallery of Art; gift of the Avalon Foundation through the generosity of Ailsa Mellon Bruce, 1951
- Partner URL
- http://npg.si.edu/object/npg_NPG.65.67
- Linked Data URI
- npg:object/12509
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