Audubon and his Journals, Volume 1 (of 2). John James Audubon
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Название: Audubon and his Journals, Volume 1 (of 2)

Автор: John James Audubon

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William Roscoe, historical, botanical, and miscellaneous writer, 1753-1831.

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In a charming letter written to me by Mr. Richard R. Rathbone, son of this gentleman, dated Glan y Menai, Anglesey, May 14, 1897, he says: "To us there was a halo of romance about Mr. Audubon, artist, naturalist, quondam backwoodsman, and the author of that splendid work which I used to see on a table constructed to hold the copy belonging to my Uncle William, opening with hinges so as to raise the bird portraits as if on a desk. But still more I remember his amiable character, though tinged with melancholy by past sufferings; and his beautiful, expressive face, kept alive in my memory by his autograph crayon sketch thereof, in profile, with the words written at foot, 'Audubon at Green Bank. Almost happy, 9th September, 1826.' Mr. Audubon painted for my father, as a gift, an Otter (in oils) caught by the fore-foot in a steel trap, and after vainly gnawing at the foot to release himself, throwing up his head, probably with a yell of agony, and displaying his wide-open jaws dripping with blood. This picture hung on our walls for years, until my mother could no longer bear the horror of it, and persuaded my father to part with it. We also had a full-length, life-sized portrait of the American Turkey, striding through the forest. Both pictures went to a public collection in Liverpool. I have also a colored sketch by Mr. Audubon of a Robin Redbreast, shot by him at Green Bank, which I saw him pin with long pins into a bit of board to fix it into position for the instruction of my mother."

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At Green Bank.

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Vincent Nolté, born at Leghorn, 1779, traveller, merchant, adventurer.

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William Henry Hunt (1790-1864).

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Mrs. Alexander Gordon was Mrs. Audubon's sister Anne.

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Thomas Stewart Traill, M.D., Scottish naturalist, born in Orkney, 1781; edited the eighth edition of the "Encyclopædia Britannica," was associated with the Royal Institute at Liverpool; he died 1862.

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The Swiss historian, born at Geneva, 1773, died 1842.

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Daughter of Mr. William Rathbone, Sr.; married Dr. William Reynolds.

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Edward, fourteenth Earl of Derby, 1799-1869. Member of Parliament, Chief Secretary for Ireland, Secretary for the Colonies, First Lord of the Treasury, and Prime Minister. Translated Homer's Iliad into blank verse. His was a life of many interests: literature, art, society, public affairs, sportmanship, and above all "the most perfect orator of his day."

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Mrs. Wm. Rathbone, Sr., whom Audubon often calls "Lady Rathbone," and also "The Queen Bee."

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Muzio Clementi, composer and pianist, born in Rome, 1752, died in London, 1832. Head of the piano firm of that name.

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Relative of Mr. Wm. Rathbone, Sr.

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The Irwell.

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William Smyth, 1766-1849, poet, scholar, and Professor of Modern History at Cambridge.

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Henry Clay.

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John Randolph of Roanoke, 1773-1833, American orator and statesman.

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William S. Roscoe, son of William Roscoe, 1781-1843.

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