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Lucy Bakewell Audubon ( née Bakewell; January 18, 1787 – June 18, 1874) was a British-born educator and philanthropist. She was the wife of John James Audubon, an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter.
Lucy Bakewell Audubon was J. J. Audubon’s wife of over 40 years. Despite her husband’s eventual fame, it was not an easy union for her. She bore four children (two of whom died in childhood), and endured very long absences from her husband as he traveled extensively both in America and overseas.
24 de mar. de 2020 · An upcoming book gives voice to Lucy Bakewell Audubon, whose invisible labor fueled her husband John James Audubon's famous works.
9 de mar. de 2013 · Audubon biographies and surveys of his work routinely portray her as a selfless helpmate whose sacrifices and industry enabled the naturalist to pursue the labors that resulted in his masterpiece, but Lucy Audubon was far more complex than that – and for the most part far more self-absorbed.
9 de feb. de 2013 · Lucy Bakewell Audubon (1787–1874) In her youth, Lucy Bakewell looked like an English Pre-Raphaelite beauty or “stunner” —with melancholic eyes and curly raven locks—prefiguring by several decades the look of Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s (1828–1882) models.
1 de sept. de 2008 · Wife of the great naturalist John James Audubon, Lucy Bakewell Audubon (1788–1874) was a powerful and extraordinary woman who coped resourcefully with the demands of a difficult situation and...
Since Audubon had the genius, he outdazzles Lucy in the historical record. She is a more shadowy figure, but always there—“straight as an arrow” as John Bachman once remarked of her. A young...
