AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Rose-breasted Grosbeak, (Plate 127), 1827–1838 Artists_Robert Salmon A South West View of

A South West View of the City of New York in North America

For the next twenty years

Schim-a-co che High-Lance Crow

so as to recognise at a great distance a person who has shot at them

The South East scene is taken from near today’s corner of Varick and Beach Streets in lower Manhattan

AUDUBON, John James (1785 - 1851), Rose-breasted Grosbeak, (Plate 127), 1827–1838 Artists_Robert Salmon A South West View ofJOHN JAMES AUDUBON (1785 1851) Rose breasted Grosbeak, Plate 127 From the Birds of America Aquatint engraving with original hand color London: Robert Havell, 18271838 Paper size: 38 5 8 x 26 in. Frame size: 49 x 36 3 8 in. I closed my eyes, and was passing away into the world of dreaming existence, when suddenly there burst on my soul the serenade of the Rose breasted bird, so rich, so mellow, so loud in the stillness of the night, that sleep fled