AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Whip-poor-will, (Plate 82), 1827–1838 Alabama River [The Copernican System]

[The Copernican System]

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

This finely engraved double-hemisphere world map by Rumold Mercator

here Mobila

making this one of the first Japanese maps to depict Europe

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Whip-poor-will, (Plate 82), 1827–1838 Alabama River [The Copernican System]JOHN 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