AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Trumpeter Swan (Young), (Plate 376), 1827–1838 Paris black chalk

black chalk

is based on the manuscripts of Franquelin Joliet

It shows most of the island with the Brooklyn Bridge anachronistically finished and in use

that of Julius Caesar among others

Serres’s view shows an English frigate at anchor in the bay

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Trumpeter Swan (Young), (Plate 376), 1827–1838 Paris black chalkJOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851) Trumpeter Swan (Young), Plate 376 From the Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 18271838 Paper size: 26 x 39 1 8 in. Frame size: 36 x 48 1 2 in. At New Orleans, where I made the drawing of the young bird here given, the Trumpeters are frequently exposed for sale in the markets, being procured on the ponds of the interior, and on the great lakes leading to the waters of the