Cotsen Children’s Library, the Graphic Arts Collection, and the Friends of the Princeton University Library will be co-hosting:
Wild Lives: Catesby, Audubon, Lear, and Ford
October 16th, 2016 from 2:00-4:30 PM
Guyot Hall Auditorium, Princeton University
Please join us then for an afternoon of talks discussing the distinguished natural history illustrations of Mark Catesby, John Audubon, Edward Lear, and Walton Ford.
Our four speakers and their presentations will be:
Robert M. Peck ’74, Curator of Art and Senior
Fellow at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel
University: The Remarkable Nature of Edward Lear
Aaron M. Bauer, the Gerald M. Lemole Professor of
Integrative Biology at Villanova University: Mark Catesby, Pioneering Zoologist of
the American Southeast
Neal Woodman, Research Zoologist with the USGS
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center: Audubon’s Contributions to
Rafinesque’s Zoological Discoveries
in the American West
A talk by contemporary artist Walton Ford
No reservations are necessary, but you may call or email me for more information at: 609-258-1148 or idooley@princeton.edu.
Here’s a map of Guyot Hall: http://www.princeton.edu/pei/contact/guyot-map/
Closest parking is on Ivy Lane, lot no.14, open to everyone on Sunday afternoon.
