John James AudubonAmerican, 1785–1851Cardinal Grosbeak
May one see it?
Unknown: the museum keeps its counsel
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Washington, D.C., United States
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
- Accession number
- 1953.3.1
What it shows
In the catalog
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- Smithsonian American Art Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 8 days ago
- Image: Smithsonian American Art Museum — CC0
Meanwhile, in the life of John James Audubon
The whole life12 January 1809
Son born: Victor Gifford Audubon
1809 and 1812
The birth of his sons Victor and John Woodhouse
The Audubons had two sons, Victor Gifford (1809–1860) and John Woodhouse (1812–1862). Both later helped publish their father's works, and John Woodhouse became a naturalist, writer and painter in his own right.
spring 1810
Moves west to Henderson
To improve their finances, at the suggestion of Lucy's father, the Audubons sold the rest of Mill Grove for $8,000 in the spring of 1810 and, together with Rozier, travelled on west along the Ohio. They settled in Henderson, Kentucky, which then had a population of 159.
December 1810 – 1811
Whiskey downriver: six weeks in the ice among the Shawnee
In December 1810 Audubon and Rozier took a load of whiskey to Missouri and were stuck for six weeks in the ice on Shawnee land: Audubon made sketches, watched birds, talked with the local people and kept a daily journal while Rozier fretted at the enforced idleness. They sold their goods easily at Ste. Genevieve, which Audubon found small and dirty and its inhabitants uneducated.
6 April 1811
Dissolves the partnership with Rozier to pursue ornithology
On 6 April 1811 at Ste. Genevieve Audubon and Rozier mutually agreed to end their partnership. Audubon had decided to work at ornithology and art and wanted to return to Lucy and their son in Kentucky; Rozier agreed to pay him $3,000, $1,000 in cash and the balance over time.
16 December 1811
The New Madrid earthquake: the horse knew first
On 16 December 1811, as Audubon was working in Missouri and out riding, the New Madrid earthquake struck: at first he took the rumbling for a tornado, while his horse sensed trouble before its rider. At home he was relieved to find no major damage, but aftershocks shook the area for months.
