{"title":"Princeton Audubon Prints","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"great-blue-heron-17-1-2-x-26-inches","title":"Great Blue Heron, 17 1\/2 x 26 inches","description":"\u003ch1\u003eGreat Blue Heron\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Essex NYHS Edition, 17 1\/2 x 26 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eLouise 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.\"\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eThis edition is faithfully created directly from \u003ci\u003eactual originals\u003c\/i\u003e in the collection of the New-York Historical Society. For example, the images of the Louisiana Heron and the Roseate Spoonbill were both professionally captured from the originals themselves, and then continuously matched during the production process against the actual originals in the collection of the New-York Historical Society to ensure absolute accuracy.  This unusual access to the nearly 180-year-old originals assures you of a most accurate reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eFurther, the specially-made fade-proof inks are pressed upon the absolute finest of all paper, 110# Essex.  Essex is a specially made 100% rag, coated paper designed for critical art reproduction.  It makes the ink \"stand up\" in order to faithfully capture the layered look and feel of Audubon's original production.  Essex is produced here in America, in New Hampshire, at Monadnock Paper Mills, the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the country.  So fine is the Essex paper that we have taken the unusual step of highlighting this fact in the name of our new edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eHowever, there is more that will make this edition a classic.  First, these are true lithographs, produced on six or ten color presses.  Princetons are not less expensive laser, digital, or ink-jet images.  Secondly, we have retained the historic appearance of the actual antique originals.  Where plate marks were evident on Havell's sheets, we retained them.  Where the original binding holes are visible, we retained them as well in our reproductions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eAll Sales are Final\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44831200477438,"sku":"sku-38287445003","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/A75B55A6-73AD-4F4A-A2E0-BB3BEE5E1D48.jpg?v=1733876032"},{"product_id":"hooping-crane-17-1-2-x-26-inches","title":"Hooping Crane, 17 1\/2 x 26 inches","description":"\u003cp\u003eHOOPING CRANE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 1\/2 x 26 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eThis edition is faithfully created directly from \u003ci\u003eactual originals\u003c\/i\u003e in the collection of the New-York Historical Society. For example, the images of the Louisiana Heron and the Roseate Spoonbill were both professionally captured from the originals themselves, and then continuously matched during the production process against the actual originals in the collection of the New-York Historical Society to ensure absolute accuracy.  This unusual access to the nearly 180-year-old originals assures you of a most accurate reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eFurther, the specially-made fade-proof inks are pressed upon the absolute finest of all paper, 110# Essex.  Essex is a specially made 100% rag, coated paper designed for critical art reproduction.  It makes the ink \"stand up\" in order to faithfully capture the layered look and feel of Audubon's original production.  Essex is produced here in America, in New Hampshire, at Monadnock Paper Mills, the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the country.  So fine is the Essex paper that we have taken the unusual step of highlighting this fact in the name of our new edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eHowever, there is more that will make this edition a classic.  First, these are true lithographs, produced on six or ten color presses.  Princetons are not less expensive laser, digital, or ink-jet images.  Secondly, we have retained the historic appearance of the actual antique originals.  Where plate marks were evident on Havell's sheets, we retained them.  Where the original binding holes are visible, we retained them as well in our reproductions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eAll Sales are Final\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44831200444670,"sku":"sku-37734942795","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/IMG_0080.jpg?v=1733875670"},{"product_id":"louisiana-heron-19-x-23-inches","title":"Louisiana Heron, 19 x 23 inches","description":"Princeton Essex NYHS Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19 x 23 inches\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eThis edition is faithfully created directly from \u003ci\u003eactual originals\u003c\/i\u003e in the collection of the New-York Historical Society. For example, the images of the Louisiana Heron and the Roseate Spoonbill were both professionally captured from the originals themselves, and then continuously matched during the production process against the actual originals in the collection of the New-York Historical Society to ensure absolute accuracy.  This unusual access to the nearly 180-year-old originals assures you of a most accurate reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eFurther, the specially-made fade-proof inks are pressed upon the absolute finest of all paper, 110# Essex.  Essex is a specially made 100% rag, coated paper designed for critical art reproduction.  It makes the ink \"stand up\" in order to faithfully capture the layered look and feel of Audubon's original production.  Essex is produced here in America, in New Hampshire, at Monadnock Paper Mills, the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the country.  So fine is the Essex paper that we have taken the unusual step of highlighting this fact in the name of our new edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eHowever, there is more that will make this edition a classic.  First, these are true lithographs, produced on six or ten color presses.  Princetons are not less expensive laser, digital, or ink-jet images.  Secondly, we have retained the historic appearance of the actual antique originals.  Where plate marks were evident on Havell's sheets, we retained them.  Where the original binding holes are visible, we retained them as well in our reproductions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan color=\"#000000\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eAll Sales are Final\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44831200411902,"sku":"sku-38287953675","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/IMG_0081.jpg?v=1733875727"},{"product_id":"roseate-spoonbill-19-x-23-inches","title":"Roseate Spoonbill, 19 x 23 inches","description":"Princeton Essex NYHS Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e19 x 23 inches (\u003ca title=\"Roseate Spoonbill\" href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/collections\/princeton-rare-prints-edition\/products\/roseate-spoonbill\"\u003eFor the full-size spoonbill, click here\u003c\/a\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eThis edition is faithfully created directly from \u003ci\u003eactual originals\u003c\/i\u003e in the collection of the New-York Historical Society. For example, the images of the Louisiana Heron and the Roseate Spoonbill were both professionally captured from the originals themselves, and then continuously matched during the production process against the actual originals in the collection of the New-York Historical Society to ensure absolute accuracy.  This unusual access to the nearly 180-year-old originals assures you of a most accurate reproduction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eFurther, the specially-made fade-proof inks are pressed upon the absolute finest of all paper, 110# Essex.  Essex is a specially made 100% rag, coated paper designed for critical art reproduction.  It makes the ink \"stand up\" in order to faithfully capture the layered look and feel of Audubon's original production.  Essex is produced here in America, in New Hampshire, at Monadnock Paper Mills, the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the country.  So fine is the Essex paper that we have taken the unusual step of highlighting this fact in the name of our new edition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eHowever, there is more that will make this edition a classic.  First, these are true lithographs, produced on six or ten color presses. Princetons are not less expensive laser, digital, or ink-jet images.  Secondly, we have retained the historic appearance of the actual antique originals.  Where plate marks were evident on Havell's sheets, we retained them.  Where the original binding holes are visible, we retained them as well in our reproductions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" face=\"Andale Mono, Arial, sans-serif\" color=\"#000000\"\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"en-us\"\u003eAll Sales are Final\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44831200510206,"sku":"sku-38300080011","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/IMG_0082.jpg?v=1733876471"},{"product_id":"brown-pelican","title":"Brown Pelican","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Brown Pelican\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudubon probably drew this adult pelican in the Florida Keys in April or May 1832. Landscape artist, George Lehman, painted the mangrove limb.\u003cbr\u003eThe brown pelican is a ponderous bird, but with its six-and-one-half-food wingspread has a powerful flight which it alternates with short glides.  The bird carries a large pouch under its lower bill and has an appetite for fish as large as the pouch.   American children learn of the brown pelican through a well known bit of doggerel that begins:  \"What a wonderful bird is the pelican-Its beak can hold more than its belly can,...\"\u003cbr\u003eA long line of these birds flapping and sailing, often in unison, is a familiar coastal sight.  When fishing, the birds fly aloft, spot the schools of fish, then head downwind, pull back their wings, and plunge beak-first with a grand splash.\u003cbr\u003eAudubon wrote:  \"The brown pelicans are as well aware of the time of each return of the tide, as the most watchful pilots.  Though but a short time before they have been sound asleep, yet without bell or other warning, they suddenly open their eyelids, and all leave their roosts, the instant when the waters...resume their motion.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360017993982,"sku":"PAL256","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/brown-pelican-594899.webp?v=1741233636"},{"product_id":"grey-rabbit","title":"Grey Rabbit","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Imperial Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeasurements: 21 x 28 inches. Printed on beautifully textured Somerset paper imported from England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter finishing his monumental work, The Birds of North America, John James Audubon set his sights on the mammals. Working with his two sons, Victor Gifford and John Woodhouse to complete the paintings, they partnered with Mister John Bachman who contributed text and helped manage the research. Though some scholars say that Audubon’s work on the quadrupeds is inconsistent, most agree that 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360017961214,"sku":"sku-38295288587","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/grey-rabbit-775690.webp?v=1741233635"},{"product_id":"baltimore-oriole","title":"Baltimore Oriole","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Baltimore Oriole\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018059518,"sku":"sku-38286315531","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/baltimore-oriole-509139.jpg?v=1741233636"},{"product_id":"purple-heron","title":"Purple Heron","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Purple Heron or Reddish Egret\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudubon drew both the birds and the background in Florida in April 1832. When he first saw them in the Keys, he puzzled at their coloration: “Some of them were as white as driven snow, the rest of a delicate purplish tint, inclining to grey on the back and wings, with heads and necks of a curious reddish colour. Males and females there were, but they were all of one species…” He concluded that those with white plumage were immature birds. He was incorrect, since in this species, coloring depends on the individual and has no relation to either age or sex. It is dimorphic and displays two color phases, one white, the other purplish blue. The birds illustrated here are both adults.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe reddish egret inhabits shallow, open salt pans. When wading, it often rakes the bottom with one foot to stir up the prey and when pursuing fish, it has a habit of spreading its wings in a canopy, then running, hopping, and cavorting in a curious dance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018026750,"sku":"sku-37646042699","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/purple-heron-645795.jpg?v=1741233632"},{"product_id":"carolina-turtle-dove","title":"Carolina Turtle Dove","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Carolina Turtledove\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eProbably painted about 1825 in Louisiana.  The pair of birds at bottom was apparently done first, since the limb on which the topmost bird sits is not connected to the branch on which its mate is perched.\u003cbr\u003eIn this painting Audubon attempted, as he wrote, to give \"a faithful representation of two as gentle pairs of Turtles [doves] as ever cooed their loves in the green woods.  I have placed them on a branch of Stuartia, which you see ornamented with a profusion of white blossoms, emblematic of purity and chastity.\"\u003cbr\u003eThough this bird was known to Audubon as the Carolina turtle dove, its modern name is much more appropriate, for it is found throughout the United Sates and its call suggests hopeless sorrow.  This abundant and widespread bird is equally at home in suburbs and farmlands, and the sharp whistling of its wings as it takes flight is as familiar as its mournful call.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018092286,"sku":"sku-51360433099","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/carolina-turtle-dove-537765.jpg?v=1741233637"},{"product_id":"pinnated-grous","title":"Pinnated Grous","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Pinnated Grous\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.   Of the tiger lily Audubon wrote:  \"This beautiful plant,...grows in swamps and moist copses, in the Northern and Eastern States, as far as Virginia, as well as in the western prairies,...I was forced to reduce the stem, in order to introduce it into my drawing, the back ground of which is an attempt to represent our original western meadows.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe greater prairie chicken, found in such abundance by the artist when he lived in Kentucky, is now uncommon and seriously declining over much of its range.  During the mating season the males in a given area gather in the early morning on courtship grounds, there to display before the females.  As described by Dr. Frank M. Chapman:   \"The feather-tufts on either part of the neck are erected like horns, the tail raised and spread, the wings drooped, when the bird first rushes forward a few steps, pauses, inflates its orange-like air-sacs, and with a violent, jerking, muscular effort, produces the startling boom, which we may have heard when two miles distant.\"   The booming note is much like one made by blowing across an empty bottle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018125054,"sku":"sku-51365897931","price":450.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/pinnated-grous-889297.jpg?v=1741233631"},{"product_id":"armadillo","title":"Armadillo","description":"Princeton Imperial Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMeasurements: 21 x 28 inches. Printed on beautifully textured Somerset paper imported from England.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter finishing his monumental work, The Birds of North America, John James Audubon set his sights on the mammals. Working with his two sons, Victor Gifford and John Woodhouse to complete the paintings, they partnered with Mister John Bachman who contributed text and helped manage the research. Though some scholars say that Audubon’s work on the quadrupeds is inconsistent, most agree that 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.","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018157822,"sku":"sku-38295439435","price":175.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/armadillo-474071.jpg?v=1741233631"},{"product_id":"carolina-parrot","title":"Carolina Parrot","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"The woods are the habitation best fitted for them, and there the richness of their plumage, their beautiful mode of flight, and even their screams, afford welcome intimation that our darkest forests and most sequestered swamps are not destitute of charms.\" So wrote John James Audubon about the stunning Carolina Parrot. In later years he was to write: \"Our Parakeets are rapidly diminishing in number, and in some districts, where twenty-five years ago they were plentiful, scarcely any are now to be seen.\" Sadly, this beautiful bird, which ranged from Texas to New York, is now extinct.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate 26, 27 1\/4 x 38 inches.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018190590,"sku":"PAL26","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/carolina-parrot-442736.jpg?v=1741233630"},{"product_id":"grey-fox","title":"Grey Fox","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Imperial Quadruped Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21 x 28 inches\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdition of 750\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinted on beautifully textured Somerset paper imported from England. The Grey Fox is the most popular of all Audubon quadrupeds. The original can sell for 20,000 and more! Our direct camera Grey Fox is an exact copy of the original. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018223358,"sku":"sku-38294195403","price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/grey-fox-896167.webp?v=1741233629"},{"product_id":"white-pelican","title":"White Pelican","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe American White Pelican Printers Proof\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition of 500. Our edition limit has been reached; however, we have a few printers' final proofs that we number 000\/500. These should be purchased for their exceptional beauty and quality, but not for resale value. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSIZE:  39.25“ h  x 27.25” w \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a composition painted perhaps in Florida in 1831 or 1832.  Landscape artist, George Lehman, worked on the background.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018256126,"sku":"PAL311DE","price":850.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/white-pelican-793362.jpg?v=1741233630"},{"product_id":"snowy-egret","title":"Snowy Egret","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Snowy Egret\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the early spring of 1832, Audubon and his assistant George Lehman stayed at the home of John Bachman in Charleston, South Carolina. Audubon wrote of the thousands of snowy egrets that had arrived there by March 25 and “were seen in the marshes and rice fields, all in full plumage.” Soon he painted this magnificent egret, while Lehman added the landscape of a rice plantation in the Carolina low country.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKnown to the plume hunters as the “Little Snowy,” the bird was adorned in breeding season with delicate plumes. Its lovely recurved back plumes were the milliners’ “cross aigrettes,” and it was for these nuptial feathers that the heronries were destroyed. Roger Tory Peterson writes, “The National Audubon Society fought for plumage laws, and to meet the emergency hired wardens…Under protection the egrets and all the other long-legged waders have made a spectacular comeback.”\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018419966,"sku":"sku-51031412235","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/snowy-egret-846478.jpg?v=1741233632"},{"product_id":"red-shouldered-hawk","title":"Red-shouldered Hawk","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003ePrinceton 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eAudubon 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 mutual attachment of the male and the female continues during life,\" Audubon wrote.  \"They usually hunt in pairs during the whole year; and although they built a new nest every spring, they are fond of resorting to the same parts of the woods for that purpose.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eAlthough it has been known as the \"big chicken hawk,\" and \"hen hawk,\" only a small percentage of the red-shouldered hawk's food is made up of poultry.  In truth, the bird is very valuable to the farmer, with ninety percent of its prey made up of mammals and insects injurious to his crops.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018354430,"sku":"sku-38301973259","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/red-shouldered-hawk-520624.jpg?v=1741233630"},{"product_id":"colombian-jay","title":"Colombian Jay","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouble 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrincetons 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach 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.\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003eActually, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018387198,"sku":"sku-51358910667","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/colombian-jay-488569.jpg?v=1741233631"},{"product_id":"band-tailed-pigeon","title":"Band-tailed Pigeon","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBand-tailed Pigeon\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn James Audubon’s Birds of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition of 1500.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/what-is-a-double-elephant\" title=\"Double Elephant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is a double elephant?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26 1\/4 x 39 1\/4; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Mint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/62D14503-DB24-4638-8B3F-1D94F290B4EF_medium.jpeg?v=1521840712\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature is never out of style, so ... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeather your nest!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThank you for visiting Princeton Audubon! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“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 makes Princeton Audubon facsimiles winners for those looking to acquire some of the most dramatic American natural history images ever produced.\" - \u003cb\u003eChris Lane, Philadelphia Print Shop West, appraiser on Antiques Roadshow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf our prints,\u003cb\u003e William Steiner, author of Audubon Prints: A Collector’s Guide To Every Edition\u003c\/b\u003e wrote, “True prints, true colors, incredible detail. Princetons are simply the finest Audubon facsimiles ever made!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe purchased the actual antique originals in order to accurately produce this award-winning edition, giving you a connection to Audubon’s original work. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/direct-camera\" title=\"Read more about the printing process.\"\u003eRead more ...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn order to create this spectacular print, we needed to purchase the actual original. Measuring more than two feet by three feet, the birds are the same size as in life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrincetons 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur prints have this embossed seal at the lower right of the paper ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/630EEB2D-3738-4319-BF40-5EC1B5749E5B_medium.jpeg?v=1527211946\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... and are pencil-numbered in the lower left under the printed script.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are the printing specifications ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinceton 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis print is based on a composition probably painted in the winter of 1836-37 in Charleston, S.C.  Maria Martin drew the dogwood branch, a drawing most interesting to botanists since the accompanying text in the Ornithological biography contains the first recorded description of the western, or mountain, dogwood, Cornus nuttalli, which has six involuted bracts instead of the four of the well-known eastern species.\u003cbr\u003eAudubon wrote:  \"In my plate are represented two adult birds, placed on the branch of a superb species of dogwood, discovered by my learned friend, Thomas Nuttall, Esq., when on his march toward the shores of the Pacific Ocean, and which I have graced with his name.\"\u003cbr\u003eThese pigeons lay only one egg to the nest, and breed usually only once a year, the lowest reproductive rate of any North American game bird except the extinct passenger pigeon.  The enactment in 1913 of the Federal law for the protection of the migratory birds saved this species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018452734,"sku":"sku-51358036811","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/band-tailed-pigeon-390404.jpg?v=1741233633"},{"product_id":"long-legged-avocet","title":"Long-legged Avocet","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLong-legged Avocet\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn James Audubon’s Birds of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition of 1500.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/what-is-a-double-elephant\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Double Elephant\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is a double elephant?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26 1\/4 x 39 1\/4; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Mint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/62D14503-DB24-4638-8B3F-1D94F290B4EF_medium.jpeg?v=1521840712\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature is never out of style, so ... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeather your nest!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThank you for visiting Princeton Audubon! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“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 makes Princeton Audubon facsimiles winners for those looking to acquire some of the most dramatic American natural history images ever produced.\" - \u003cb\u003eChris Lane, Philadelphia Print Shop West, appraiser on Antiques Roadshow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf our prints,\u003cb\u003e William Steiner, author of Audubon Prints: A Collector’s Guide To Every Edition\u003c\/b\u003e wrote, “True prints, true colors, incredible detail. Princetons are simply the finest Audubon facsimiles ever made!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe purchased the actual antique originals in order to accurately produce this award-winning edition, giving you a connection to Audubon’s original work. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/direct-camera\" title=\"Read more about the printing process.\"\u003eRead more ...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn order to create this spectacular print, we needed to purchase the actual original. Measuring more than two feet by three feet, the birds are the same size as in life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrincetons 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur prints have this embossed seal at the lower right of the paper ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/630EEB2D-3738-4319-BF40-5EC1B5749E5B_medium.jpeg?v=1527211946\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... and are pencil-numbered in the lower left under the printed script.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are the printing specifications ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinceton 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudubon painted this bird in New Orleans on May 2, 1821.  That day he wrote in his journal, \"drew a Long Legged Plover...it was a Male I received it from Mr. [Ambrose] Duval the Miniature Painter who assured Me that he had Killed 6 or 7..., all alike no difference whatever in the size or Coloring...Was pleased with the Position in my drawing ...\"\u003cbr\u003eElliott Coues penned a graphic description of the movements of the long-legged wader.   \"On the ground, whether walking or wading, the bird moves gracefully, with measured steps; the long legs are much bent at every step (only at the joint, however) and planted firmly, perfectly straight;...When feeding, the legs are bent backward with an acute angle at the heel joint to bring the body lower; the latter is tilted forward and downward over the center of equilibrium, where the feet rest, and the long neck and bill reach the rest of the distance to the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018485502,"sku":"sku-51382007051","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/long-legged-avocet-673344.jpg?v=1741233586"},{"product_id":"blue-crane","title":"Blue Crane","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition, 27 1\/4 x 39 1\/4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.  The view of the countryside near Charleston, South Carolina, was painted by George Lehman.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018518270,"sku":"sku-51358160971","price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/blue-crane-931599.webp?v=1741233630"},{"product_id":"black-or-surf-duck","title":"Black or Surf Duck","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Surf Scoter or Black Duck\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudubon painted this pair of surf scoters (a male at left, a female at right) during his voyage to Labrador in 1833.  He wrote:  \"For more than a week after we had anchored in the lovely harbor of Little Macatina, I had been anxiously searching for the nest of this species but in vain:  the millions that sped along the shores had no regard for my wishes.\"  Fortunately, he found a nest and wrote that it was hidden among tall grasses, raised about four inches above the ground, and lined with down.\u003cbr\u003eThe summer home of the bird is in the boreal forests of Canada and Alaska.  During its sojourn in the States it winters in coastal waters, at home in the ocean surf.   The male has overall black plumage set off by an orange, black, and white bill, a white eye, and a white patch on the forehead and nape.   This remarkable coloration has given rise to some equally remarkable names:  speckle-billed coot, blossom-billed coot, patch-head, skunk head, skunk top, goggle-nose, and snuff-taker.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018551038,"sku":"sku-51382041163","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/black-or-surf-duck-955194.jpg?v=1741233586"},{"product_id":"long-billed-curlew","title":"Long-billed Curlew","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/collections\/princeton-audubon-baby-elephant-edition\/products\/long-billed-curlew-plate-232\" title=\"Baby elephant long-billed curlew\"\u003eFor a reduced-size fine art print of this image, click here.\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Audubon Fine Art Edition, plate 231, archival pigment print measuring 26 x 39 inches. \u003cspan\u003eLimited to 500 prints worldwide. Our \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003edouble elephant Long-billed Curlew is reproduced by permission of a prominent Charleston SC family, in whose home the original was displayed for generations. The background is Charleston harbor with Castle Pinckney at left. \u003c\/span\u003eThis outstanding print is one of only a few that Audubon composed with recognizable civilization in the background. Some buildings exist today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018583806,"sku":"sku-13803405508710","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/JohnJamesAudubonBirdsofAmericaprintofLong-billedCurlew_1.webp?v=1751110462"},{"product_id":"white-headed-pigeon","title":"White-headed Pigeon","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDouble 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePrincetons 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a composition painted at Indian Key, Florida in April 1832.  The landscape artist, George Lehman, painted the flowering limb of the geiger tree.\u003cbr\u003e\"I saw them as they approached the shore,\" Audubon wrote, \"skimming along the surface of the waters, flying with great rapidity, much in the manner of the common house species, but not near each other like the Passenger Pigeon.  On nearing the land, they rose to the height of about a hundred yards, surveyed the country in large circles, then with less velocity gradually descended, and alighted in the thickest parts of the mangroves and other low trees.\"\u003cbr\u003eAppearing quite dark except for the shining white crown, most of these pigeons winter on Caribbean islands from whence they make an annual crossing to the Florida Keys to nest in colonies in coastal mangroves.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018616574,"sku":"sku-51359473995","price":400.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/white-headed-pigeon-443814.jpg?v=1741233633"},{"product_id":"hooded-merganser","title":"Hooded Merganser","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Hooded Merganser\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on a composition painted in New Orleans in 1821.  Of the male, at left, Audubon wrote:  \"Its broad and rounded crest of pure white, with an edging of jetty black, and which it closes or spreads out at pleasure, renders the male of this species conspicuous on the waters to which it resorts.  The activity of its motions, the rapidity of its flight, and its other habits, contribute to render it a pleasing object to the student of nature...\"\u003cbr\u003eEdward Howe Forbush considered the hooded merganser the most beautiful of its family. He wrote:  \"Vivacious, active, elegant in form, graceful in carriage, its presence adds a peculiar charm to the little ponds and streams on which it delights to disport...One who has seen a small flock of this species placing on the dark waters of a tiny shaded pool with two or three beautiful males darting about among the others, opening and closing their fan-like crests and throwing the sparkling drops in showers over their glistening plumage, will rarely find anywhere a finer and more animated picture of bird life.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018649342,"sku":"sku-51382069259","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/hooded-merganser-411517.jpg?v=1741233586"},{"product_id":"snowy-owl","title":"Snowy Owl","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition, 27 1\/4 x 39 1\/4\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe breeding ground of the magnificent snowy owl lies across northern Alaska and Canada, where the lemming is its staple food, supplemented by ptarmigan, fish and hare.  A persistent hunter, it spends much time on lookouts such as banks, boulders, knolls, and dunes along the sea.  Periodic epidemics decimate the lemmings and seem to account for the bird's southward flight, which gives Stateside birders a chance to see this large, white inhabitant of the tundra. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018682110,"sku":"sku-38302175819","price":550.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/snowy-owl-110620.webp?v=1741233585"},{"product_id":"american-flamingo","title":"American Flamingo","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Audubon Fine Art Edition, plate 431, archival pigment print measuring 26 x 39 inches. \u003cspan\u003eLimited to 500 prints worldwide. Exceptional detail. The color is absolutely accurate. This is produced from our original Audubon Havell original. We suggest archival framing. An accent lamp would enhance your presentation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“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 makes 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudubon saw several flocks of American flamingos in the Florida Keys in 1832, and while anxious to obtain a specimen from which to make a painting, he was never able to shoot one. During a stay in London, he wrote repeatedly to his friend John Bachman in Charleston, South Carolina, asking for a specimen. In a letter dated October 31, 1837, he said: “As to flamingos their Eggs \u0026amp;c I fear this is up for me; and this proves to me now that I was a great fool not to have gone to Cuba, or sent a person there expressly….”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFortunately, it wasn’t “up” for him after all. He finally obtained specimens from Cuba and made the drawing for this Havell plate in London in 1838.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe flamingo’s highly specialized manner of feeding is as noteworthy as its dramatic coloring. The bird plunges its head underwater upside down, then with the upper bill of its sickle-shaped beak serving as a dredge and the tongue as a sieve, it scoops small shellfish from the bottom of shallow lagoons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018714878,"sku":"sku-39741734256742","price":1350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/american-flamingo-803532.jpg?v=1741233585"},{"product_id":"yellow-breasted-chat","title":"Yellow Breasted Chat","description":"\u003ch1\u003eYellow-breasted Chat\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTJohn James Audubon’s Birds of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition of 1500.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/what-is-a-double-elephant\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Double Elephant\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is a double elephant?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26 1\/4 x 39 1\/4; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Mint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/62D14503-DB24-4638-8B3F-1D94F290B4EF_medium.jpeg?v=1521840712\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature is never out of style, so ... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeather your nest!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThank you for visiting Princeton Audubon! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“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 makes Princeton Audubon facsimiles winners for those looking to acquire some of the most dramatic American natural history images ever produced.\" - \u003cb\u003eChris Lane, Philadelphia Print Shop West, appraiser on Antiques Roadshow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf our prints,\u003cb\u003e William Steiner, author of Audubon Prints: A Collector’s Guide To Every Edition\u003c\/b\u003e wrote, “True prints, true colors, incredible detail. Princetons are simply the finest Audubon facsimiles ever made!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe purchased the actual antique originals in order to accurately produce this award-winning edition, giving you a connection to Audubon’s original work. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/direct-camera\" title=\"Read more about the printing process.\"\u003eRead more ...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn order to create this spectacular print, we needed to purchase the actual original. Measuring more than two feet by three feet, the birds are the same size as in life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrincetons 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur prints have this embossed seal at the lower right of the paper ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/630EEB2D-3738-4319-BF40-5EC1B5749E5B_medium.jpeg?v=1527211946\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... and are pencil-numbered in the lower left under the printed script.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are the printing specifications ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinceton 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginal painted in New Jersey, June 7. 1829.\u003cbr\u003e\"I have presented you with several figures of this singular species,\" Audubon wrote of the painting from which this plate was engraved, \"to shew you their positions when on the wing performing their antics in the love season as well as when alighted.\"  This \"performing,\" as he noted, involved \"the strangest and most whimsical gesticulations.\"\u003cbr\u003eThe chat is the largest member of the New World family of wood warblers and prefers to live in tangled thickets and hedgerows along streams.  It has been described by George Dock, Jr. as \"one of the most talented clowns of the feathered kingdom, both with its voice and its droll antics in the air.  Rising from his perch in some thick bush or briar patch, the male flops about in an awkward fashion, with its legs dangling, and performs parachute-like descents on uptilted wings while jerking his tail.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Prints","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46360018747646,"sku":"sku-51359975371","price":300.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0305\/6776\/0005\/files\/yellow-breasted-chat-897256.jpg?v=1741233585"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.lizapruitt.com\/collections\/princeton-audubon-prints.oembed","provider":"Liza Pruitt","version":"1.0","type":"link"}