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Article: JOHN JAMES AUDUBON MUSEUM TO DISPLAY RARE COPPER PLATE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 19, 2007
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The Kentucky Department of Parks issued the following news release:
A rare copper plate used to produce a book of John James Audubon's art work will go on display Sept. 25 at John James Audubon State Park in Henderson.
The plate, one of 79 of the original 435 known to exist, was purchased with private funds by the Friends of Audubon organization for the park's museum. The plate was engraved by Robert Havell in 1836 and was used to produce the American Bittern print, #337, for Audubon's Birds of America Double Elephant Folio.
The Friends of Audubon purchased the plate from a family that had owned it for more than 80 years.
In 1870, Audubon's widow, Lucy, was desperate for money and sold the ...