John James Audubon, The Wild Turkey


This life-size painting of a wild turkey is a copy of the first page in Audubon’s famous book Birds of America.

John James Audubon, The Wild Turkey, 1845, oil on canvas, 115.6 x 83.2 cm (Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa)

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