Princeton Edition
1985
The Princeton Audubon collection is unique in the world of Audubon art. It is a
series of 36 direct- camera facsimile lithographs. The production of these prints
began in 1985, using original Havell engravings. By utilizing a technique called
"direct transfer," Princeton publishers were able to create one of the finest and
most accurate Audubon reproductions ever accomplished. The printer used up to eleven
colors of specially designed inks on very heavy, acid free museum paper which was
specially toned to match the average color of original Audubon / Havell copperplate
engravings. Princeton Audubon prints are sized at 26¼ by 39¼ inches.
Individually pencil numbered and embossed with the Princeton seal denoting authenticity,
these outstanding prints are editions of 1,500 and 500.
Thirty-six prints were chosen, but only 34 of them are currently available:
| Plate Number | Image Name |
| 2 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| 5 | Bonaparte Flycatcher |
| 12 | Baltimore Oriole |
| 15 | Blue Yellow-backed Warbler |
| 17 | Carolina Turtle Dove |
| 26 | Carolina Parrot |
| 30 | Vigors's Warbler |
| 32 | Black-billed Cuckoo |
| 33 | American Goldfinch |
| 47 | Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
| 53 | Painted Bunting |
| 56 | Red-shouldered Hawk |
| 73 | Wood Thrush |
| 78 | Great Carolina Wren |
| 83 | House Wren |
| 96 | Columbia Jay |
| 111 | Pileated Woodpecker |
| 121 | Snowy Owl |
| 123 | Black & Yellow Warbler |
| 137 | Yellow-breasted Chat |
| 139 | Field Sparrow |
| 177 | White-headed Pigeon |
| 186 | Pinnated Grous |
| 206 | Summer or Wood Duck |
| 232 | Hooded Merganser |
| 242 | Snowy Heron |
| 244 | Common Gallinule |
| 251 | Brown Pelican |
| 256 | Purple Heron |
| 307 | Blue Crane |
| 311 | American White Pelican |
| 317 | Black or Surf Duck |
| 328 | Long-legged Avocet |
| 367 | Band-tailed Pigeon |
| 425 | Columbian Hummingbird |
| 431 | American Flamingo |
Princeton also offers reproductions of a very limited number of the Audubon watercolors,
used as studies to produce the original copperplates. Some of these contain Audubon's
handwritten instructions to the engravers. These prints measure 16 by 24 inches.
Those prints of watercolors are:
| Image Name |
| Bachman's Warbler |
| Common Tern |
| Great Grey Owl |
| Gyrfalcon |
| Passenger Pigeon |
| Snowy Owl |
| Trumpeter Swan |
Images may be viewed in the
Princeton Gallery.