John Woodhouse Audubon

In 1833, they traveled to Labrador, after which his father wrote that "John has drawn a few Birds, as good as any I ever made, and in a few months I hope to give this department of my duty up to him altogether".

The year 1837 saw collecting expeditions in Florida and Texas; the latter conducted from a navy cutter that had been assigned to them by President Andrew Jackson.

[1] Over the next few years, he created half the illustrations used for The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America and managed the printing process.

Throughout the 1840s and 1850s, he exhibited animal paintings and portraits at the Apollo Association, the American Art Union and the National Academy of Design.

In 1849, he joined the California Company, financed by Ambrose Kingsland, among others, and led by Colonel Henry Livingston Webb (1795–1876), a veteran of the recent Mexican–American War.