Princeton Edition

1985

The Princeton Audubon collection features direct camera, full-size reproductions of the original Audubon/Havell hand-colored engravings. The finest examples of the Havells were used for these prints. They are limited editions of 500 - 1500 lithographs, printed on the finest, very heavy, acid-free paper using premium archival inks. Prints measure 26¼ by 39¼ inches. Princeton prints are exceptional for color, detail, and faithful reproduction of the originals.

Only 36 prints were chosen:

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

A brief biography of John James Audubon can be found here.

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