The Mystery of the Extinct Great Auk Ana Norman A sea-faring bird of comical proportions and an acquiescent demeanor, the Great Auk possessed a number of evolutionary traits that, when met with profiteering fisherman, made the auk an easy target. C... Birds of America Edward Lear Great Auk John James Audubon Prideaux John Selby Dec 14, 2022
Audubon's Osprey Ana Norman Audubon’s Osprey or Fish Hawk frequently makes its way into the top tier of Audubon’s most sought-after prints for a number of reasons. To begin with, the image demonstrates a skillful repetition of f... Audubon's Watercolors Birds of America John James Audubon Osprey or Fish Hawk Nov 17, 2022
The Most Notorious Goose in America Ana Norman A familiar sight in both rural and urban spaces throughout many parts of America, the Canada goose is perhaps the most pervasive and populous of its genus with more than 5 million breeding geese in No... Alexander Wilson American Ornithology Birds of America John James Audubon Louis Agassiz Fuertes Mark Catesby Natural History of Carolina The Canada Goose Nov 2, 2022
Audubon's Insects Ana Norman Audubon’s Birds of America was revolutionary for several reasons, including his dramatic representation of birds mired in their natural environment. His compositions frequently depict male, female, an... Audubon's Watercolors Birds of America Havell Edition Insects John James Audubon Sep 30, 2022
Visualizing the Human Impact on the Natural World in Audubon’s Quadrupeds Ana Norman Unlike Audubon’s Birds of America , where human presence and impact on nature are infrequently illustrated, his Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America overtly depict the cohabitation, conflict, and ou... Bowen Edition Lithograph John James Audubon Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America Sep 15, 2022
A Guide to the Watermarks and Paper Types Found in Audubon's Havell edition of Birds of America Ana Norman Recognizable for numerous reasons including its grand scale, Audubon’s Havell edition folio is all printed on the same double-elephant size paper. Likewise, all the paper used for this edition of Bird... Birds of America Double Elephant Havell Edition John James Audubon Robert Havell Whatman Aug 13, 2022
Extinct Species in Audubon's Birds of America Ana Norman Among Audubon’s depictions of 489 species in his prodigious folio The Birds of America , a concerning number of the species have since then gone extinct or are currently classified as critically endan... Bachman's Warbler Birds of America Carolina Parrot Double Elephant Eskimo Curlew Great Auk Ivory-billed Woodpecker John James Audubon Passenger Pigeon Pied Duck Aug 4, 2022
The Controversy Surrounding Audubon's 'Bird of Washington' Ana Norman Among Audubon’s 435 engravings depicting approximately 443 species, the Bird of Washington remains one of the most opaque and contested prints from The Birds of America . As one of Audubon’s earliest ... Audubon Print Bird of Washington Havell Edition John James Audubon Jun 8, 2022
The East Asian Influence in Audubon's Art Ana Norman As a transnational artist, Audubon was exposed to both the American and European cultural trends of his day. Though his biography informs us that he preferred the American backwoods to major cities, A... Audubon Print Audubon's Watercolors Birds of America Hand-colored Engraving Havell Edition John James Audubon Robert Havell Jun 1, 2022
What are the differences between an Audubon Havell engraving and Bien Lithograph? Ana Norman Audubon’s historic opus, Birds of America , was issued in two editions at double-elephant folio size (approximately 26 1/2" x 39 1/2"). First was the Havell edition, begun by W.H. Lizars in 1826 but s... Audubon Print Bien Edition Birds of America Hand-colored Engraving Havell Edition John James Audubon Robert Havell The Birds of America: The Bien Chromolithographic Edition chromolithograph Apr 14, 2022
A Modernist Approach to Understanding a Selection of Prints from Audubon’s Birds of America Ana Norman As an artist-ornithologist of the 19th century, we tend not to place John James Audubon alongside those lauded avant-garde artists of the Modernist movement. While his innovation and contributions to ... Arctic Tern Audubon's Watercolors Great White Heron Havell Edition John James Audubon Magnificent Frigatebird Sandwich Tern Mar 23, 2022
Audubon’s Miniature Folio - The Octavo Edition of Birds of America Ana Norman Before the engraver's ink had fully dried on the last print of Audubon's Havell Edition of Birds of America , he was already planning a second edition. This edition was to be much smaller than the gra... Audubon Print Birds of America Bowen Edition Lithograph Hand-colored Engraving Hand-colored Lithograph Havell Edition John James Audubon Royal Octavo Mar 18, 2022
