Known primarily as an illustrator of plant and animal life.
Sources
Census
"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MXQW-SRJ : accessed 11 June 2016), James Beard in household of James Beard, Cincinnati, ward 5, Hamilton, Ohio, United States; citing family 404, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).