Beiencke Library’s 2018-2019 Birds of America installations explore Audubon’s creative process and collaboration with engraver and printer Robert Havell.
Podcast: Bill Reese, Y’77, on John James Audubon and the Birds of America
New Scholarship from Beinecke Library’s Morris Tyler Family Collection of John James Audubon
Learn more about John James Audubon and The Birds of America
If the birds are the central fact of The Birds of America, the images in the background of the plates can provide insight into Audubon’s project and its aims.
View highlights from Audubon’s The Birds of America