Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Associated Person
- John James Audubon, French Haitian American, 1785 - 1851
- Description
- This John James Audubon stamp commemorates John James Audubon, French-American ornithologist, naturalist and artist. Born in present day Haiti, Audubon was raised near Nantes, France. His family emigrated to the United States in the early 1800s to avoid the Napoleonic Wars. He sought to paint and document every bird in North America. Much of his artwork was completed with watercolors and pastel crayons, instead of the popular oil paint. The stamp features an image of two black-throated magpie-jays, also known as Collie’s magpie-jays, though Audubon’s original artwork claimed they were “Columbia jays.”
- United States; France; John James Audubon; ornithologist; naturalist; artist; art; birds; magpie-jays
- December 7, 1963
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5468
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (dark blue, multicolored); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1241
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Animals
- The Environment
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5468
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8473628c5-fa65-40d8-905b-149718f7504b
