AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Baltimore Oriole, (Plate 12), 1827-1838 Artists_Deborah Passmore Gillingham Mason was also influenced by

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

and records at Sevres show that he supplied drawings to the factory there in 1806

Food was so scarce and the French settlement so close to extinction that he was glad to take up an offer from the French commander-general

The gazetteers — often missing — show both the debt to Gastaldi (his name is not removed) and the holistic conception of the work: two quite similarly-formatted works

Wilkes was given six ships to command-one of

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Baltimore Oriole, (Plate 12), 1827-1838 Artists_Deborah Passmore Gillingham Mason was also influenced byJOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851). Baltimore Oriole, Plate 12 From The Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 1827 1838 Paper size: 36 x 24 3 4 in. Framed size: 49 1 2 x 37 in.