print room: John James Audubon

The Birds of America; from Original Drawings
     folio prints from the Havell Edition (1827-1838)

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Plate 21 Mocking Bird - one of Audubon's most dramatic and controversial works.  Excellent condition, superb color.  Measuring 38-1/4 x 25-1/2 inches, full sheet on J WHATMAN 1836.  MORE PHOTOS   Inquire for price.  

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#62 Passenger Pigeon.  One of Audubon's most beautiful images.  First state, full sheet on J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL. This important species has been extinct for over 90 years. DETAIL PHOTO  Inquire for price.

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Plate 363  Black-crowned Night Heron or Qua Bird.  J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1835.
DETAIL PHOTO 
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All prints are from the Havell Edition (1827 to 1838, hand-colored etchings with engraving and aquatint).  Each has a complete watermark (J WHATMAN / YEAR or J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / YEAR) unless otherwise stated.  Prices do not include frames. If you are interested in purchasing a specific print, let us know.  Also available, we have an uncolored Havells and an uncolored restrike -- see these prints in our rare prints corner.

Please contact us for condition reports and additional photos.  Visit our ordering page to read about our guarantee, and for information on sales tax, shipping, and forms of payment.

Click any photo for a larger image.  Because of the difficulties involved in photographing large prints, shadow and uneven lighting affect many of the photos below.  If you are interested in a print, please ask for a condition report. 

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Pl 282 White-winged Silvery Gull [Iceland Gull]. A lovely image of two seagulls, one old, one young against a stormy sky.  Dramatic colors.  DETAIL PHOTO 1   DETAIL PHOTO 2  $8,750.

 

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Pl 382 Sharp-tailed Grous.  A game bird of central and western North America, this bird's range in the United States has shrunk considerably.  Two birds in a landscape with a river in the distance. DETAIL PHOTO 1  DETAIL PHOTO 2 $14,000.

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Plate 64 Swamp Sparrow. This lovely plate is little different from all other plates in the Havell Edition because the art is credited to someone other than John James Audubon. Most likely, however, the bird was painted by Audubon. Overall very good with printer's crease in far right margin, some other creases.  DETAIL PHOTO1  DETAIL PHOTO2  $4,200.

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Plate 363 Bohemian Chatterer. On J WHATMAN 1837.  Large waxwing, less widespread than the cedar, found in the northwestern US and western Canada. Excellent color and condition.  DETAIL PHOTO  $4,500.

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Plate 37 Golden-winged Woodpecker.  Lively portrait of the Common Flicker.  Full sheet in excess of 39 x 26 inches.  Lined with mulberry, repaired creases in margins.  Outstanding color. DETAIL PHOTO  $14,000.

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Plate 67 Red-winged Starling or Marsh Blackbird.  [Red-winged Blackbird]  With red Maple.  Full sheet, beautiful colors and excellent condition.  DETAIL PHOTO  $9,000.

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Plate 113 Blue-bird.[Eastern Bluebird]  Beautiful composition showing a family of birds.  Full sheet on J WHATMAN 1834.   DETAIL PHOTO  $9,750. 

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Plate 33 American Goldfinch on J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL (date trimmed).  Very desirable image; a lovely composition showing male and female goldfinches on blooming branch of thistle.  Slightly trimmed to 36 x 24 inches. DETAIL PHOTO $12,000.

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Pl 202 Red-throated Diver.  Beautiful scene with four birds including an adorable chick.  Full sheet (26 x 39), watermarked J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1834.  DETAIL PHOTO   $14,000

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Pl 227 Pintail Duck.  Full sheet (26 x 39) with medium-sized image.  A male and female in pursuit of a meal.  Watermarked J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1834.  DETAIL PHOTO  $16,000.

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Plate 199 Little Owl [Northern Saw-whet Owl] Some dark spots caused by impurities in the paper (this is not foxing), mostly in margin.  Good overall condition and color.  Full sheet on J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1834.  DETAIL PHOTO   $4,500. 

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Plate 86 Black Warrior. (Harlan's Hawk - a subspecies of Red-tailed Hawk). This print from a partial set that was never bound. Set sold in 1942 by a descendant of the original subscriber. Sheet is very large with deckle (untrimmed) edges. The entire plate mark is visible. One repaired tear.   DETAIL PHOTO   $12,500.

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Plate 135 Blackburnian Warbler.  Shown with stem of smooth phlox. Full sheet. Some rippling and crease at edge of image area.  $3,500.  DETAIL PHOTO

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Plate 180 Pine Linnet. [Pine Siskin]  Full clean sheet with excellent color. Lovely composition. Uneven tone in photo is due to shadows, paper is even in color.  $3,250   DETAIL PHOTO

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Plate 165 Bachman's Finch. Audubon placed this secretive and shy bird on a beautiful orchid by the very talented Maria Martin. Trimmed to 18 by 25 inches, with a very small part of the watermark still intact.  DETAIL PHOTO   $2,000

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Plate 100 Marsh Wren.  Three Marsh Wrens in a grass nest.  Full sheet, overall very good with corner repair.  Watermarked J WHATMAN 1831.  DETAIL PHOTO  $3,500.

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Plate 348 Gadwall Duck.  With watermark J WHATMAN 1836, slightly trimmed to 36-1/2 x 24-3/4 inches. Fine portrait of the Grey Duck.  DETAIL PHOTO  $8,000.

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Plate 313 Blue-winged Teal.  Very popular print, trimmed with close to 2-inch margin around plate mark.  A small part of watermark still intact.  Sheet measuring around 17 x 22-1/2 inches.  $6,000.

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Plate 239 American Coot.  Beautiful image of a common water bird.  Excellent color.  DETAIL PHOTO  $12,000

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Plate 258 Hudsonian Godwit.  Full sheet, outstanding color.  Graceful shore birds.  DETAIL PHOTO  $5,500.

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Plate 54 Rice Bunting. Portrait of the Bobolink in a red maple. Full sheet, overall very good condition.  DETAIL PHOTO 1  DETAIL PHOTO 2 $5,250.

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Plate 58 Hermit Thrush.  A charming composition featuring one of our most melodic birds.  Paper repairs in top margin.  Lovely color.  J WHATMAN 1831. DETAIL PHOTO $3,950.

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Plate 149 Sharp-tailed Finch. [Sharp-tailed Sparrow.]  Beautiful landscape scene with nest.  Repaired tear. $3,250.  DETAIL PHOTO

 

 

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Pl 265 Buff-breasted Sandpiper.  Beautiful scene of two sandpipers on the shore.  Lovely color.  DETAIL PHOTO   $3,500


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Plate 320 Little Sandpiper. [Least Sandpiper] Slightly trimmed to 35-1/2 inches x 25 inches.  Full watermark  J WHATMAN / TURKEY MILL / 1838. DETAIL PHOTO  $4,250

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Plate 322 Red-headed Duck.  Trimmed to 29-3/4 inches x 25 inches.  Watermark reads J WHATMA / 1836.  Very nice sunset scene. DETAIL PHOTO  $7,750.

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Pl 263 Pygmy Curlew [Curlew Sandpiper]  This print comes from the folio originally belonging to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (sold at Christie's New York on Sept 14-15, 1987).  Copy of the catalogue will be included.  DETAIL PHOTO  $3,000

 

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Pl 370 American Water Ouzel [American Dipper]  Watermarked J WHATMAN 1837.  This print comes from the folio originally belonging to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (sold at Christie's New York on Sept 14-15, 1987).  Copy of the catalogue will be included.  DETAIL PHOTO   $3,000. 

Don't forget to take a look at our Alecto restrikes for six top Havell images, or browse through our large selection of Bien Edition prints.  Can't afford a Havell, a Bien, or an Alecto?  Then check out our Princeton Edition facsimile prints -- Audubon's art, full-sized and affordable! 

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