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Welcome! We feature original & fine art Audubon Birds of America prints/Anastatic copy of The Declaration of Independence/Jefferson Davis letter/ Earliest George Washington drawing.
Contact: 908.510.1621; princetonaudubonprints@gmail.com
Declaration of Independence, Earliest George Washington Drawing, Direct camera Red-shouldered Hawk, Original Quadruped Volumes
Whatman watermark
Life-size! More than two feet by three feet. Our following eight prints are sold through our partner at Audubon-Prints.com. View all.
Double elephant archival pigment fine art
Between 1827 and 1838, John James Audubon, brilliant artist and naturalist who dedicated much of his life to painting the birds and quadrupeds of North America, published in London, England, in 'his own style', a series of 435 large-sized, hand-colored etchings with aquatints in a watercolor folio entitled The Birds of America. These were reproduced primarily by Robert Havell and Sons from Audubon's watercolor studies and often under the direct supervision of Audubon himself.Since he portrayed each bird life size, the larger birds often were depicted in feeding positions to fit on the largest copper engraving plates then available, approximately 27 x 39 inches. The largest bird was the wild turkey, and the smallest was one of the minute hummingbirds. With the final publication of these prints, Audubon established his Birds of America as the definitive portrayal of American birds in realistic settings. These antique original prints, now more than 180 years old, are known in the print trade as Havells or Double Elephants because each was printed on giant "double elephant" folio sheets.
Octavo birds 1840-1844; Octavo Quadrupeds 1849-1854