Audubon Prints – Small Portfolio

The original portfolio (Havell edition) of John James Audubon’s Birds of America was printed between 1827 and 1838 and contains 435 life-size prints of North American birds. The portfolio was reproduced from hand-engraved plates with watercolor added later by hand. Audubon sold subscriptions to his prints in editions of five. This included three small, one medium, and one large with each group. Collectors often bound these portfolios into books. All the prints, large and small, were printed on Double Elephant sized paper (approximately 28″ x 39″), which was the largest sheet available at the time.

Since Audubon drew his birds to life-size scale,  we are able to print the smaller bird engraving on a smaller sheet of  approximately 16″ x 20″ size.  This smaller paper size makes it more convenient for framing them to scale. When printed this smaller size, the prints can also be displayed as an impressive grouping eithere next to each other on a wall or placed in a large grid layout of four, six, or more.

View the large (Double Elephant) sized prints here

View the medium (Elephant) sized prints here

 

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Plate 204 - Salt Water March Hen Plate 205 - Virginian Rail Plate 239 - American Coot Plate 240 - Roseate Tern Plate 250 - Artic Tern Plate 270 - Wilsons Petral Plate 288 - Yellow Shank Plate 303 - Bartram Sandpiper Plate 308 - Tell Tail Goodwit or Snipe Plate 315 - Red Breasted Sandpiper Plate 318 - American Avocet Plate 319 - Lesser Tern Plate 345 - American Widgeon Plate 360 - Winter Wren Plate 393 - Townsends Warbler Plate 395 - Audubon Warbler Plate 400 - Ankansaw Siskin Plate 420 - Prairie Starling Plate 25 - Song Sparrow Plate 69 - Bay Breasted Warbler Plate 48 - Azure Warbler Plate 44 - Summer Red Bird Plate 25 - Song Sparrow Plate 80 - Prairie Titlark Plate 90 - Black & White Creeper Plate 98 - White Bellied Swallow Plate 123 - Black and Yellow Warbler Plate 130 - Yellow Winged Sparrow Plate 148 - Pine Swamp Warbler Plate 149 - Sharp Tailed Finch Plate 163 - Palm Warbler Plate 164 - Tawny Thrush Plate 173 - Barn Swallow Plate 177 - White Crowned Pigeon Plate 186 - Pinnated Grous Plate - 189 - Snow Bunting Plat 190 - Yellow Bellied Woodpecker