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Prints by John James Audubon

Certainly the greatest of American bird books, and possibly one of the finest book productions in the world, Audubon’s Birds of America owes much to its author’s determination to have his work reproduced by the best possible craftsmen, and to his insistence that his drawings be reproduced life-size, as he had drawn them. These large volumes, often referred to as the “Elephant Folios,” are sized to accommodate Audubon’s depictions of eagles, the wild turkey, the flamingo, and the whooping crane. To his professed regret, Audubon could find no American publisher willing to take on this complicated and expensive venture; he took his work to England, where he found both master engravers and over half of his subscribers, including George IV.

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Ornithological biography, or An account of the habits of the birds of the United States of America..., John James Audubon, Edinburgh, A. Black; [etc., etc.] 1831-1849 [i.e. 1839]
Pinterest board on the topic of Audubon birds

[2 chipmunks] [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b47059	American Bittern [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14869	American Woodcock [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14866
American Crossbill [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52376	American Crow [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52397	Arctic Yager [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52403
Barn Swallow [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52374	Barnacle Goose [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14872	Bird of Washington [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52385
Black-Crowned Night Heron [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14868	Black Skimmer [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52379	Black Vulture [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14863
Blue grosbeak; (#122) http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52229	Blue jay; (#62) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52230	Blue-Winged Yellow Warbler [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52386
Brewer's Blackbird [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52409	Bullock's Trop. [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14864	Canada Goose [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52400
Canadian Titmouse [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52399	Canvass Back Duck [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14875	Carbonated warbler (#60) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52226
Cardinal Grosbeak [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52372	Catbird [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52371	Cedar waxwing (#43) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52222
Chestnut-Backed Titmouse [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52406	Columbia Jay [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52368	Cormorant [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14876
Crested Titmouse [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52388	Crimson Fronted Purple Finch [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52383	Downy woodpecker; (#112) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52231
Florida Jay [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52367	Gold finch (#33) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52224	Great White Heron [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14870
Ground Dove [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52375	Herring Gull [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52377	Indigo bunting (#74) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52223
Ivory-Billed Woodpecker [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52390	Lesser Tern [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52378	Louisiana Water Thrush [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52362
Mangrove Cuckoo [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52373	Marsh Hawk [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52380	Meadowlark [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52396
Mockingbird [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52363	Mountain Mocking Bird and Varied Thrush [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52381	Orchard oriole (#42) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52228
Painted Bunting [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52366	Pine finch (#180) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52225	Purple Finch; (#4) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52221
Red-necked Grebe [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14877	Reddish Egret [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14871	Rock Wren [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52408
Rose-breasted grosbeak (#127) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52227	Roseate Spoonbill [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14867	Ruff-Necked Hummingbird [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52405
Shoveller Duck [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14874	Song Sparrow [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52365	Summer or Wood Duck [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52401
Summer red bird; (#44) [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52232	Tyrant Fly-catcher [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52392	Vigors's (SIC) Warbler [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52387
Western Bluebird [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52382	White Fronted Goose [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14873	Hooping Crane [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52402
Wilson's Snipe [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b14865	Winter Wren [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52407	Wood Pewee [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52395
Yellow-Bellied Flycatcher [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52384	Yellow-breasted Warbler [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52364	Yellow-Crowned Heron [graphic]. http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b52404

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