Image of John James Audubon by John Syme, 1826. The artist posed by Syme, John (1795-1861)

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IMAGE number: EVB7068392
Image title: John James Audubon by John Syme, 1826. The artist posed Audubon frontier clothes for this portrait, commissioned by Audubon's publisher. To promote a rustic American image, it was hung at the entrance of exhibitions of 'Birds of America'. In fact, when in the wilderness, Audubon did wear frontier clothes and carried a ball pouch, a buffalo horn filled with gunpowder, a butcher knife, and a tomahawk on his belt (oil on canvas)
Artist: Syme, John (1795-1861) / Scottish
Medium: oil on canvas
Date: 1826 AD (C19th AD)

Image description: John James Audubon by John Syme, 1826. The artist posed Audubon frontier clothes for this portrait, commissioned by Audubon's publisher. To promote a rustic American image, it was hung at the entrance of exhibitions of 'Birds of America'. In fact, when in the wilderness, Audubon did wear frontier clothes and carried a ball pouch, a buffalo horn filled with gunpowder, a butcher knife, and a tomahawk on his belt (BSLOC_2019_7_166)
Photo credit: Everett Collection / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 19th century / North America / America (continent) / art / artist / colour / writer / USA / history / natural history / man / naturalist / nature / bird / painting / portrait / scientist / science / one person / standing / oil painting / ornithologist / ornithology / zoology / artwork

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