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Maria Martin Bachman (3 July 1796 – 27 December 1863) of Charleston, South Carolina, USA, was a watercolor painter who provided many of the background paintings for John James Audubon on The Birds of America (1831–39) and Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America (1845–48).
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- Introduction to the pattern drafter by maria martin designs
- Ave Maria Martin Hurkens
- Biography
- References
The U.S. Audubon Society named a variety of the Hairy woodpecker (Picus martinae) Maria's Woodpecker, in honor of her.
Ave Maria Martin Hurkens
Biography
Maria was born in 1796 to Rebecca Solars and Jacob Martin. As the youngest sister, she moved in with her ailing sister Harriet Martin Bachman and her eight children. Harriet's husband was Reverend John Bachman, a Lutheran pastor of St. John's Church in Charleston, South Carolina. In 1831 John James Audubon became a guest at Reverend Bachman's house. During this month-long stay, Audubon encouraged Maria to assist with paintings for his Birds of North America book. Martin also provided illustrations to John Edwards Holbrook for publication in his work North American Herpetology.
After the death of her sister in 1846, Maria married John Bachman in 1848.