Welcome to Princeton Audubon. Today's featured print is the Gyrfalcon or Iceland Falcon, Audubon's plate # 366. Interestingly, Audubon's larger compositions will always end in either the number 1 or 6. This life-size double elephant image measures more than two feet by three feet on archival paper. True Audubon fine art!
View the entire printCertain to become an heirloom, the Roseate Spoonbill will add depth to your vistas. We suggest an accent lamp at top frame.
cartDetailed here is our original Ivory-billed Woodpecker (extinct), a hard to find Audubon/Havell.
Audubon/Havell Ivory-billed WoodpeckerThe name given by Audubon to the American Flamingo, plate # 431. This particular specimen was obtained off the shores of Cuba.
American FlamingoOn sale today. Rarely did Audubon include recognizable civilization in his compositions. The 1832 port of Charleston, SC, contains structures that still exist today!
The Long-billed CurlewAudubon wrote: "Ranged along the margins of the sand-bar, in broken array, stand a hundred heavy-bodied Pelicans...Pluming themselves, the gorged Pelicans patiently wait the return of hunger. Should one chance to gape, all, as if by sympathy, in succession open their long and broad mandibles, yawning lazily and ludicrously.
Plate 311, The American White PelicanThis painting was probably done in 1824, when Audubon was near the Great Lakes. It depicts two males fighting over a female and is one of the few works in which Audubon drew all three of the compositional elements: birds, plants, and landscape. His assistants usually painted the flora and backgrounds. So this print is absolute Audubon!
Pinnated GrousAudubon's compositions were drawn from nature, capturing moments of drama. Bring the outdoors indoors with our Fish Hawk or Osprey print. Measuring more than two feet by three feet our Osprey will become the focal point of your room.
OspreyThis portrait was based on a composition probably painted in 1829 on the East coast. Audubon gave these birds one of the only nocturnal settings found in The Birds of America. He used pencil to portray the owl's soft, downy feathers.
Snowy OwlAfter finishing his monumental work, The Birds of North America, John James Audubon set his sights on the mammals. The experience he gained working on the birds allowed a perfection of his technique that gave rise to the pinnacle of his life’s work in the best of these mammals. Princeton Audubon has chosen the best of the best to reproduce in this limited-edition collection.
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The Princeton Audubon Double Elephant Edition
Audubon author and collector William Steiner, Audubon Prints: A Collector’s Guide To Every Edition, states “True prints, true colors, incredible detail! Princetons are simply the finest Audubon lithographs ever produced!” Why? Far beyond common reproductions, Princeton double elephants are the world’s only direct camera Audubon fine art prints. We purchased the actual originals and physically used them to produce this edition. 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, giving you a one to one connection to the actual originals.
The Royal Society of London, where John James Audubon was a Fellow, displays our prints in Chicheley Hall, a 300 year old estate in Buckinghamshire, England which serves as the International Science Conference Center. A paper conservator addressed the crumbling portion of an original Havell Wood Duck by using the corresponding section of ours. Additionally, The New York Times featured our Purple Heron when rolling out their original online store. And Martha Stewart Living framed and featured our Snowy Owl. Universities have added our entire collection to their acquisitions. You can display these same prints in your home or office.
“Of all the full-size facsimiles of Audubon's prints, those from Princeton Audubon Ltd. come the closest in appearance and quality to the originals. Combining this with their very reasonable cost make the Princeton Audubon facsimiles winners for those looking to acquire some of the most dramatic American natural history images ever produced." - Chris Lane, Philadelphia Print Shop West, appraiser on Antiques Roadshow. “With their astounding detail, definition, and color, the Princeton direct-camera facsimiles have long set the standard in Audubon Birds of America lithographs." - Louise Mirrer, The New-York Historical Society.
Princeton Audubon Edition specifications. Double elephants (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.
The Rare Prints Double Elephant Edition
The only giclee edition we sell alongside our own Audubon facsimiles. Like Princetons, these are reproductions of original Audubon Havells, not copies from 8 x 10 transparencies. Using ultra high resolution images from top of the line digital cameras the Giclee' printer sprays ink on watercolor paper at up to 4,000 dpi. The result is a reproduction that has all the color, detail and texture qualities of each original. These are truly beautiful pieces of art. Each image is printed with archival ink on 330 gram Somerset Velvet Enhanced paper and is a full-size facsimile of an actual original. The bird images measure approximately 26" x 40".
Princeton Audubon Fine Art Edition
Precision double elephant giclees or archival pigment prints produced from our own direct camera films and originals. Newly introduced, these are limited editions of 200 or 500 prints worldwide. This collection includes exceptional giclee or archival pigment prints of The Ivory-billed Woodpecker and The Long-billed Curlew, and The American Flamingo.
Note: The three editions above, The Princeton Audubon Double Elephant Edition, The Rare Prints Edition, and The Princeton Audubon Fine Art Edition, are all double elephant facsimiles and can be displayed together.
The Princeton Essex New-York Historical Society Edition
Reduced size lithographs produced by permission of The New-York Historical Society. These four prints are unique in their quality, paper, and size. 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."
The Princeton Audubon Baby Elephant Edition
Reduced size. An exciting edition produced from the actual originals in a reduced size. Outstanding color and detail. In some cases, we used our own direct camera films to produce these prints. The reduced size allows for expanded display opportunities.
Princeton Imperial reproductions
Direct camera fine art prints of Audubon’s popular quadrupeds. Princeton was the first company to produce same size fine art reproductions of these beautiful mammals. Measuring 21 x 28 inches, these are beautifully printed on archival Somerset paper which is imported from England.