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In the early 1800’s, John James Audubon, son of a wealthy French Navy Officer and businessman, was sent to live in Pennsylvania, in an attempt to avoid the draft into Napoleon’s army. There he met his wife, Lucy. They settled in Louisville and then Henderson, Kentucky where he and his business partner attempted the General Store business. He was more interested in hunting and painting natural life than business, resulting in financial devastation for his family. To recover, he earned money drawing $5 crayon portraits and painting street signs in New Orleans. His wife supported the family with her teaching job, in order to allow her husband to pursue his interest in ornithology. He published a four volume series of paintings, “The Birds of America,” and is known as America’s foremost bird artist. One of the few remaining complete sets of this work is on display at the Audubon State Park in Henderson, KY.
John James is constructed and dressed in recycled wool and satin. He stands approximately 10” tall.
In the early 1800’s, John James Audubon, son of a wealthy French Navy Officer and businessman, was sent to live in Pennsylvania, in an attempt to avoid the draft into Napoleon’s army. There he met his wife, Lucy. They settled in Louisville and then Henderson, Kentucky where he and his business partner attempted the General Store business. He was more interested in hunting and painting natural life than business, resulting in financial devastation for his family. To recover, he earned money drawing $5 crayon portraits and painting street signs in New Orleans. His wife supported the family with her teaching job, in order to allow her husband to pursue his interest in ornithology. He published a four volume series of paintings, “The Birds of America,” and is known as America’s foremost bird artist. One of the few remaining complete sets of this work is on display at the Audubon State Park in Henderson, KY.
John James is constructed and dressed in recycled wool and satin. He stands approximately 10” tall.