![]() ![]() He finally obtained specimens from Cuba and made the drawing for this Havell plate in London in 1838. In a letter dated October 31, 1837, he said: “As to flamingos their Eggs &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….”įortunately, it wasn’t “up” for him after all. During a stay in London, he wrote repeatedly to his friend John Bachman in Charleston, South Carolina, asking for a specimen. As permanently displayed at The Royal Society of London, to which Audubon belonged as a Fellow.Īudubon 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.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.Absolute color fidelity to the actual original. Pencil-numbered and embossed with the Princeton Audubon Limited seal.Double elephant (life size - 26 1/4 x 39 1/4).Princeton Audubon Double Elephant Edition and are pencil-numbered in the lower left under the printed script. Our prints have this embossed seal at the lower right of the paper. There are no other Audubon facsimiles which match the quality of Princeton prints. 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. Princetons began with the purchase of the actual originals which were physically used in the production process. Princetons are simply the finest Audubon facsimiles ever made!” ![]() ![]() Of our prints, William Steiner, author of Audubon Prints: A Collector’s Guide To Every Edition wrote, “True prints, true colors, incredible detail. 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. come the closest in appearance and quality to the originals. “Of all the full-size facsimiles of Audubon's prints, those from Princeton Audubon Ltd. Princeton Audubon Double Elephant Edition of 1500. Charles Darwin even quoted him three times in 'On the Origin of Species' and in later works.American Flamingo John James Audubon’s Birds of America Audubon’s influence was far reaching, and his field notes made when observing the birds have made a significant contribution to the understanding of bird anatomy and behaviour. At first Audubon was unable to find funding to have his enormous work printed, so he travelled to Britain to stir up interest with exhibitions of drawings, and to sell animal skins and feathers. In 1820, Audubon declared he would paint every bird in North America, and devoted the next twenty years of his life to this obsession. The plates were printed on the largest possible size of paper, called double elephant folio, and the volumes are a whooping 1m x 75 cm when closed. The five volumes contain 435 engraved hand-coloured pictures and are so large that when they are opened they are approximately the size of a coffee table. ‘Birds of America’ is one of the greatest treasures of the Department of Manuscripts and Printed Books at The Fitzwilliam Museum, and was one of the first things bought for the Museum. This print of an American Flamingo is by John James Audubon and is part of his work 'Birds of America' (1826-1838).
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