H251: John James Audubon (1785-1851), after George Peter Alexander Healy

Identification and Creation

Object Number

H251

People

William Stone, American (Derby, CT 1830 - 1875 Newport, RI)
John James Audubon, American (Les Cayes, Haiti 1785 - 1851 New York, NY)
Copy after George Peter Alexander Healy, American (Boston, MA 1813 - 1894 Chicago, IL)

Title

John James Audubon (1785-1851), after George Peter Alexander Healy

Classification

Paintings

Work Type

painting

Date

19th century

Culture

American

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/299476

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

sight: 109.6 x 85 cm (43 1/8 x 33 7/16 in.)
framed: 139.7 x 114.3 x 15.2 cm (55 x 45 x 6 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Bequest of William Brewster to the Agassiz Museum.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard University Portrait Collection, Bequest of William Brewster to the Agassiz Museum

Object Number

H251

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Descriptions

Description

The original painting by George Peter Alexander Healy is in the collection of the Museum of Natural History, Boston (now called the Museum of Science).

Publication History

• Albert P. Gilmore, "Friend of the Birds", The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA, April 24, 1935), p. 4
• Laura M. Huntsinger, Harvard Portraits: A Catalogue of Portrait Paintings at Harvard University, ed. Alan Burroughs, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 1936), pp. 15-16
• John T. Bethell, Richard M. Hunt, and Robert Shenton, Harvard A to Z, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA, 2004), p. 277

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