For + : Pl.431 American Flamingo, 1838. Audubon insisted on illustrating every bird in The Birds of America life-size, including this one, but even using the largest paper available he still had to cheat the pose a bit to make it fit, swooping the neck down in a U-shape.

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Today is , commemorating pioneering naturalist and artist John J. Audubon who was born (26 April 1785 - 27 January 1851). I put together this overview of the 5 now and 3 other possibly extinct whose images are recorded in The Birds of America for the blog:
arthistoryanimalia.com/2023/04

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