John James Laforest Audubon, Columbia Jay. Plate 96 NO 20 Columbia Jay Leslie Kostrich, a professional dealing in Audubon prints, has contributed to the following biography. One of America's first wildlife artists, John Audubon has a name synonymous with conservation, but his realization about protecting the environment came late in his lifetime. He was an avid hunter, who killed the specimens depicted in his publications, but his in-depth studies have left a strong awareness of the beauties and complexities of nature. Audubon was born in Santa Domingo, now Haiti, of a French Chambermaid mother, Jeanne Rabin, and French father, Jean Audubon, who was a successful naval officer, merchant, planter, and slave dealer. They traveled on the same ship to Haiti in October, 1783. In France, where he was taken at age 4, the young Audubon was educated among the upper classes. By age 15, he was drawing French birds, and by age 17, he was studying drawing in Paris. It has been written that he studied in Paris with . Title: Plate 96 Columbia Jay. Size: 26 X 38.5 in. Watermark on Whatman paper. Artist: John James Laforest Audubon (1785 - 18). Frame 53 X 40.5

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