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Exceptional reduced-size Audubon Birds of America prints. Louise Mirrer, Director of the New-York Historical Society says, "Princeton has faithfully reproduced the N-YHS original engravings in a collector's edition of stunning quality and brilliant color." Learn more.
Princeton Audubon Double Elephant Edition
Double elephant (life size - 26 1/4 x 39 1/4) •Limited edition of 1500. •Pencil-numbered and embossed with the Princeton Audubon Limited seal. •Up to 11 color plates used. •Specially developed fade-proof inks. Absolute color fidelity to the actual original. •Printed on a 300 line. •Very heavy archival paper which is recommended by the Library of Congress for archives and is specially toned to match the actual color of the antique originals. •Registered to purchaser. •As permanently displayed at The Royal Society of London, to which Audubon belonged as a Fellow.
Princetons began with the purchase of the actual originals which were physically used in the production process. A giant camera with film the same size as the print took a direct-capture picture of the original, and this exact image was transferred directly to the metal printing plates. There are no other Audubon facsimiles which match the quality of Princeton prints.
Each of the two jays was painted separately and in 1829 arranged in a composition depicting them perched on a dead limb entwined with poison ivy.
"The specimen from which the drawings were taken," Audubon wrote, "was presented to me by a friend who had received it from the Columbia River, and is the only individual...which I did not receive on the spot."
Actually, the bird is a native of Mexico rather than the Columbia River area in Oregon, and in painting it, Audubon departed from an early resolve never to draw from a stuffed specimen. In so doing, he erred and included the magnificent magpie jay with his northwestern birds.
This stunning Princeton double elephant Blue Crane measures 23 x 30 1/2 inches. It is from our double elephant edition minus the wide margins. The white bird in the background is an immature little blue heron, quite as white as an egret and often mistaken for one since it does not wear its adult plumage until two years of age. Audubon painted the birds, while the view of the countryside near Charleston, South Carolina, was painted by George Lehman.
Audubon studied the habits of the pair of hawks represented here over a period of three years, and this devotion resulted in one of the finest works he did in Louisiana before sailing to Liverpool in 1826.
The Princeton Audubon Double Elephant Edition is the world's only direct camera Audubon lithograph edition. Condition - Mint. 26 1/4 x 39 1/4 inches on archival paper with archival inks. Regular price $500.
Not offered anywhere else on Internet! An actual original Imperial Mink measuring 22 x 28 inches, produced between 1845-1848, plus a test sheet used in Bowen's Philadelphia studio.
Three double elephant archival pigment prints produced from actual originals, not merely from pictures of originals. This is Audubon fine art and we suggest archival framing. The Flamingo was composed by Audubon from a specimen obtained from off the shores of Cuba. The Ivory-billed Woodpecker, thought to be extinct, will bring life to your home. The Long-billed Curlew is unusual since Audubon included the actual 1832 harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Some of the buildings still exist. How much detail is in a Princeton print? Please note on the curlew image below the area near the end of the beak of the bottom bird.Then click here. You can even see the rigging on the ships!
1832 Whatman watermark. The condition is good. Only very slight paper loss at bottom center and left edge. Slight stain at bottom. Excellent color of bird, slightly faded color on fish. Some dealer inventory pencil notations. This is an outstanding and hard to find original, and we invite your offers.
Fine art giclees, in fact, the only giclees we offer our clients alongside our own Princeton editions.
Audubon fine art in a reduced size format. Acid-free archival paper and inks. These are detailed giclee prints measure about 20 x 28 inches. This reduced-size format icreases display opportunities while retaining incredible detail.
Actual Audubon Imperial originals. The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, an incredibly detailed work, was officially published in three volumes between 1845 and 1848. More than 303 sets printed in the Imperial size make these lithographs rare and highly valuable today. Each lithograph measures 22 x 28 inches and features the legend "Lith. Printed & Cold. by J.T. Bowen, Phila."
Imperial Quadrupeds. 22 x 28 inches on Somerset paper. Princeton was the first to reproduce same size Imperials. We produced these from our own Audubon originals, originals from the collection in Princeton University, and licensed originals.