May 1 Lecture: Audubon's Royal Octavo- The Democratization of Natural History

Drawing from the Wakefield Estate’s own octavo edition of Audubon’s work, Audubon researcher Jess Clay will discuss the creation and distribution of John James Audubon’s Birds of America, and its subsequent impact on the United States and 19th-century natural history. This lecture complements an exhibition of the Royal Octavo at the estate May 2-4.