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tributed the folio \ing information. He says: "INIv father and 

 Mr. King were great friends, and on one occasion when father 

 dropped into Mr. King's studio, he found Mr. Audubon sitting for 

 the cameo. Mr. King introduced the two gentlemen and asked 

 them to start a conversation, which was continued through the 

 sitting. The two men became so animated in their very interesting 

 conversation that they forgot where they were, and thus the artist 

 was enabled to catch the natural and striking expression of the great 

 ornithologist, which he could not have obtained under ordinary 

 circumstances. My father was charmed with the man and his 

 conversation, and always so expressed his memory oi the occasion." 



The cast shown in the second photograph is the property of Mr. 

 Frederic H. Kennard of Boston and, like the first, was made from 

 an original intaglio cut in shell by the sculptor King. I learned of 

 its existence from ISIiss Maria R. Audubon, granddaughter of the 

 great naturalist, and on writing INIr. Kennard for particulars re- 

 ceived a prompt reply, of which the following is an extract: "Mr. 

 King was a friend of my father's and also I believe of John J. Audu- 

 bon, and cut this intaglio from life. He gave the cast, together with 

 several others, to my father, who was under the impression that 

 the intaglio was made some time between 1840 and 1845." This 

 cast, through the courtesy of its o^^^ler, is shown in the accompany- 

 ing illustration. 



The sculptor King, Mr. Kennard tells me, died April 21, 1882, 

 and was buried in INIount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Mass., 

 April 25, 1882. 



Neither Mr. Farwell nor INIr. Kennard knows for whom the 

 cameos were originally cut or by whom they are at present owned, 

 and I am informed by Miss M. R. Audubon that the Audubon 

 family has no information on the subject. Possibly some reader of 

 'The Auk' may be able to supply the missing facts. 



Concerning the Kennard cast, Miss Audubon writes that her 

 mother did not think it a correct likeness because of the nose, 

 "which is too heavy and not arched as grandfather's was; but the 

 pose, and the head and forehead are very fine." 



In February last I sent Miss Audubon a copy of the Farwell 

 photograph, which she had not previously seen. In acknowledging 

 it she says: "The photograph came with your letter. I am de- 



