A celebration of Canadian history, art and fauna
±«ÓãÖ±²¥'s Redpath Museum hosts today the unveiling of a new issue of stamps: John James Audubon's Canadian bird masterpieces. In a celebration of Canada's history, art and fauna, the series of 49-cent stamps includes the ruby-crowned kinglet, the white-winged crossbill, the Bohemian waxwing and the boreal chickadee. The 60-cent stamp portrays Lincoln's sparrow.
This is the second of three annual issues of stamps in the Audubon series commemorating the 15 paintings Audubon did in this country in 1833. ±«ÓãÖ±²¥ has an important connection to these stamps. The University's Rare Books Library is one of only three in the country to have an original four-volume Birds of Canada, published in 1833.
Most importantly, it is thanks to David Lank, a lecturer in the Faculty of Management and renowned scholar of Audubon's art, that the series exists; Lank convinced Canada Post of the importance of the great naturalist's art to Canada. At the unveiling, he will give a brief talk on Audubon's time in Canada.