Audubon's Watercolors - The New-York Historical Society Edition

As the first ever actual-size printing of Audubon’s original watercolor paintings, Audubon’s Watercolors: The Complete Avian Collection, New-York Historical Society Edition features faithful facsimiles of all 474 of Audubon’s preparatory mixed-media paintings for his monumental folio, The Birds of America. 

Painted from 1808 – 1838, Audubon’s magnificent watercolors were created during his two-decade-long exploration through the backwoods of America where he observed, documented, and painted over 700 bird species. These watercolor paintings were then sent to Audubon’s London printmaker, Robert Havell, who translated the images into the iconic hand-colored engravings published in The Birds of America.