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The making of Audubon's The Birds of America.
John James Audubon's four-volume The Birds of America, the grandest and most sumptuous colorplate folio ever produced, was a massive and unprecedented undertaking. Arguably the most important natural history publication of all time, the watercolors and prints for The Birds of America also stand as one of the finest achievements in American art.
Audubon's accomplishment--a story of triumph over innumerable obstacles--has made him one of America's most written-about artists. At least twenty-three biographies of the woodsman-cum-naturalist have been published to date, and even an opera has been devoted to the subject. (1) However, little has been written about how ...
- BIRD-LOVERS HAVE CHANCE TO VIEW AUDUBON COLLECTION.(WILDLIFE EXPOSITION)
- Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) March 19, 1987 700+ words
...alone among illustrators of America's feathered creatures...s masterwork - Birds of America - was originally published...plates etched in England by Robert Havell. In 1861, and finding himself...to six prints from original Robert Havell engravings, as well as one...
- Audubon's American Birds - as large as life.(THE HOME FORUM)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor March 8, 2006 700+ words
...masterpiece, "The Birds of America," in their original form...applied by hand. "The Birds of America" was issued in 87 parts...the work of London engraver Robert Havell - of 1,065 birds belonging...include all the birds of North America. His "Columbia Jays...
- Americana collection comes up short ; Antiques & Collectibles
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe Virginia Bohlin October 25, 2009 700+ words
...Two prints from a selection of 48 prints from John James Audubon's "Birds of America" brought the auction's second- and third- highest prices. Robert Havell's circa 1835 engraving of a great white heron sold for $52,500 against a...
- Birds of America, The
- Reference information from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger January 1, 1995 700+ words
Birds of America, The, collection of color...38), as engraved by Robert Havell, Jr. The original drawings...edition of The Birds of America (7 vols., 1840–...Synopsis of the Birds of North America (1839) is a methodical...
- Antiques.("The Birds of America (1827-1838)" by John James Audubon)(Biography)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Garrett, Wendell October 1, 2003 700+ words
...part by the English engraver Robert Havell Jr.--and published in...folio edition of The Birds of America (1827-1838). When he...to accompany The Birds of America. The Biography is as much...nine plates for The Birds of America in Paris, naturalists, artists...
- Are you sure that's a Rembrandt? (quality of print reproductions) (includes...
- Magazine article from: Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine Giese, William March 1, 1992 700+ words
...U.S. and separate edition fos sale in Europe and South America. (There have also been authenicity problems with prints...century naturalist John James Audubon but by master etcher Robert Havell of London, who worked from Audubon's paintings. Yet a...
- PRINTS FOUND AT CAPITOL WORTH $17,000\ PICTURES TRACED TO CIVIL WAR ERA.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Kentucky Post (Covington, KY) February 28, 2004 700+ words
...an "American Edition of Birds of America" with Bien, a New York printer. Bien transferred images from engraver Robert Havell's copper plates onto lithographic...reproduce his series "The Birds of America." The Bien edition of prints began...
- At the Corcoran, Mr. Audubon's `Double E'
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post Pamela Kessler June 12, 1987 700+ words
...form of 30 plates from his third edition of "The Birds of America." The plates are huge - "double elephant" size. John...s first edition - 435 hand-colored engravings done by Robert Havell Jr. from 1827 to 1838. (The National owns one of the two...
