Washington Irving, Audubon's Birds Of America
For my piece of art I chose to do a drawing about Washington Irving, Audubon’s birds of America, and Samuel Francis Smith’s “My Country ‘tis of thee”. The main theme of most of Washington Irving’s writings was that changes occur but traditions remain. In my picture on one side of the river I had Audubon’s birds and on the other I had a man celebrating. Since I based my entire drawing of that theme, Audubon’s birds showed what variety in wildlife America has but I also had the eagle in the corner of the drawing, not only representing the variety of wildlife Audubon expressed, but also the change that occurs and the traditions that remain the same. That tradition that I am talking about is how the eagle has always been there to represent freedom,