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Audubon Havell Edition (DEF) facsimiles and reproductions

We have a small selection of PRINCETON prints on sale at greatly reduced prices.  These sale prints are listed at the bottom of the page.  They are each one of a kind.

If you can afford an original Havell Edition print, there is nothing in the world like an original print for beauty and historical interest.  But for those who want beautiful examples of Audubon's art at highly affordable prices, we offer some of the best values in facsimile and reproduction editions available.  For Princeton and Essex prints (except those offered at sale prices), you may call or choose direct purchase through a secure shopping cart.  For all other prints, please call 703-823-7436 to place your order. 

FACSIMILE PRINTS: Paper approximately 39 x 26 and image area in three sizes (just like Audubon originals)- LARGE (typically 38 x 25 inches, image taking up most of the paper), MEDIUM (typically 25 x 20 inches, moderate margin around the image), and SMALL (typically 19 x 12 inches with a larger margin around the image).  * Sale print available -- scroll to bottom of the page.

* Sale print available -- scroll to bottom of the page.

REPRODUCTION PRINTS: High quality prints at affordable prices, these reproductions give you Audubon's art at reduced sizes.  Our prints are from the Essex Collection by Princeton.  Paper size varies, images somewhat reduced from original size.  Birds include Great Blue Heron, Whooping Crane, Louisiana Heron, and Roseate Spoonbill.  To see these prints, scroll past the facsimile prints, or click here.

Rare-prints Giclée Edition

Our Rare-prints Giclées were made from high resolution digital images of the original prints, photographed by one of the best art photographers in the Southwest.  These giclée prints are exact-size facsimiles of the originals, and are printed on 330-gram Somerset Velvet paper with beautiful deckle edges. Edition size is 1500.  Prices are $400 to $600. Wikipedia entry on Giclée

PL 236 Night Heron or Qua Bird. $600.

 

PL 1 Wild Turkey (Male).  Audubon's iconic portrait of a quintessentially American Bird. $600.	PL 336 Yellow-crowned Heron.  $600.
PL 6 Wild Turkey (Female and Young). One of the most charming images in Audubon.  $600.	PL 76 Virginian Partridge. Stunning double portrait of the Bobwhite Quail and the Red-shouldered Hawk.  $600.
PL 221 Mallard Duck.  Audubon's detailed study of our most important waterfowl.  $600.	PL 371 Cock of the Plains.  $400.
PL 81 Fish Hawk or Osprey.  The newest addition to the Rare-prints line, this dramatic portrait of the Osprey holding a weak fish is truly Audubon at his best.  $600.	PL 17 Carolina Turtle Dove. Four birds with camelia (Virginia Stewartia). $500.
PL 46  Barred Owl. Lively composition of an owl and a grey squirrel.  Audubon would use this squirrel again in his quadruped series.  $500.	PL 87  Florida Jay. An exact facsimile of  a print originally from the Queen Adelaide set. $500.
PL 322 Red-headed Duck.   $400.	PL 418 American Ptarmigan.   $400.

For information or to order, please contact us.

Martino Edition

When we first entered the Audubon market as buyers in 1998, Amsterdam retail prices were approximately double what they are today.  With technology changing rapidly and new print series becoming available, it is difficult to predict what will happen to facsimile prices over time.  A conservative approach allows you to have your print and enjoy its decorativeness without worry.  We are therefore pleased to offer here a limited edition facsimile print of PL 211 Great Blue Heron published by Martino in 2005.  This 10-color offset lithograph was issued in a limited edition of 500.  Each print is hand numbered in pencil (xxx/500) at the bottom right of the front.  Printed on a beautiful watermarked 100-percent cotton-rag paper (175 gsm BFK Rives, approximately the same weight as the original WHATMAN used for the Havells), each sheet measures 26 x 39-3/4 inches.  The paper is a nice cream color and has the soft texture of rag paper.  Besides the hand numbering and watermarked paper, publishing information is printed on the back in eight lines of text.  We are offering this print for an introductory price of $400.  For information or to order, please contact us.

PL 211 Great Blue Heron

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Princeton Audubon Editions

Princeton Audubon is well know for their direct-camera facsimile prints of the originals from Audubon's Birds of America.  True fine art lithographs and not digital representations or copies of photographs, these Double-Elephant-sized prints will give you Audubon's art in the exact size and format that he himself preferred.  For those who love Audubon's art, but do not have the wall space or budget for very large prints, Princeton offers a reduced-size line of four popular waterbird prints, the Essex Edition.  See Princeton's Essex Edition.

DOUBLE ELEPHANT FOLIO PRINTS

Princeton's Double Elephant prints are issued in limited editions of either 500 prints (for the White Pelican and the out-of-stock Wild Turkey) or 1500 prints.  All Princeton Double Elephant prints are numbered and have a seal in the bottom margin to demonstrate their authenticity.  Princeton's facsimiles are part of the official collection of the museum of the New-York Historical Society, where Audubon's original watercolor paintings are held.

Princeton's PL 311 American White Pelican  is printed on 100% rag, extra heavy, acid-free, museum paper which is specially toned to reflect the average color of the 170-year-old original.  The image reaches nearly to the ends of the paper.  Like all Princetons, it is a direct-camera print. This print was awarded the prestigious "Nth" award from the Philadelphia area lithographers.  Princeton has limited the worldwide distribution of this print to 500 -- and less than 25 are still available. This beautiful print will be very difficult to obtain after the edition sells out. Each print is numbered and embossed with the Princeton seal for verification of authenticity. Sheet size of 26-1/4 x 39-1/4 inches with image size of  24 x 37 inches.

HOW THEY'RE MADE Princeton facsimiles were produced directly from the original Audubon/Havell antique engravings. Instead of working from a photograph and reducing and enlarging the film, or working from a scan, Princeton purchased actual originals (from Sotheby's or other auction houses) and brought them into their printing plant.  The originals were carefully mounted before a giant wall-mounted bellows process camera, with film the same size as the print.  Thus the exact image was captured on the film.  The large image was then transferred to mechanical printing plates, without any reductions or enlargements.  The direct-camera process eliminates two steps (reduction and enlargement) that are typical of other Audubon offset reproductions; it results in the transfer of the original image directly to the printing plates.  The elimination of these two steps eliminates attendant distortions, and results in the most accurate of reproductions. PL 251 Brown Pelican. The state bird of Louisiana, the Brown Pelican can be found throughout southern and western coastal areas. The image at right, probably painted in the Florida Keys, shows a breeding adult in a branch of Red Mangrove.

Princeton Double Elephant Edition prints are facsimiles of Audubon's original Havell Edition prints. They are printed on paper measuring 26-1/4 x 39-1/4 inches, a size typical of a Havell Edition print trimmed only of its binding edge. Princetons are printed on a very heavy 80 lb. cover stock (except for the White Pelican which is on 100 lb. stock).  The paper is toned to match the average color of the original Havells.  Printed on a 300 line, even a trained eye cannot discern the printed dot pattern (as can be done with both Amersterdams and Abbevilles) without the aid of magnification. Thus a Princeton comes as close as  possible to giving you the overall look of an orginal Havell print -- not just the look of the image, but the entire look of the print as a whole. PL 17 Carolina Turtle Dove (detail).  Now known as the Mourning Dove, Audubon depicted these beautiful birds in a Silky Stewartia.

BUYING A PRINCETON: SELECTION AND PRICES
If you can afford an original Havell Edition print, we think there is nothing in the world like an original print for beauty and historical interest.  But for those who want beautiful examples of Audubon's art for their walls at highly affordable prices, Princeton Editions gives you the highest quality prints at the best prices of those available in the marketplace.  If ready, please order directly from this page (which links to a secure shopping cart). We are happy to accept telephone orders as well.  Call us at 703-823-7436 to give us your order or to ask any questions. Or use our contact form, and we'll get back to you as soon as possible. 

THE THUMBNAIL PHOTOS BELOW SHOW THE IMAGE AREA.  IF YOU CLICK "SEE THE WHOLE SHEET," YOU WILL SEE THE ENTIRE PRINT (INCLUDING THE MARGINS).  

PRINCETON ESSEX EDITION

Princeton Audubon Limited has a new line of limited edition Audubon natural history prints, the Princeton Essex Edition. Using specially-made fade-proof inks pressed upon the absolute finest of all paper, 110 lb. Essex, Princeton took the unusual step of highlighting the paper in the name of the edition. 

Somewhat reduced in size from Princeton's Double Elephant Folio prints, the Essex Edition provides a high-quality alternative for those who do not have space for the largest versions of Audubon's work. Prints measure 19 x 23 inches for horizontal images and 17-1/2 x 26 inches for the vertical. As with the larger prints, the Essex Edition is faithfully created directly from actual originals, either from Princeton's private collection or from originals in the collection of the New-York Historical Society.  The first four images (Louisiana Heron, Roseate Spoonbill, Great Blue Heron, and Whooping Crane) of the series are now available and can be purchased below.  Each was professionally captured from the originals and then carefully matched during the production process against these originals to ensure accuracy.

Princeton is going to unusual lengths to retain the historic appearance of the originals in this new series. Where plate marks or binding holes are evident on the original sheets, they will appear in the reproductions.  In this way, these unique reproductions can help familiarize newcomers to Audubon with some of the features of the original prints, and will perhaps encourage them to seek out opportunities to see and learn more about the "real thing." 

The Princeton Essex Edition will be issued in limited numbers.  Some will be editions of 2,500, others in editions of 1000 or 500, and some of 50.  They will not be embossed with the Princeton seal, but will be unobtrusively  pencil-numbered along the lower left-hand edge of the image.  The images of the series are available for a limited time only at a special introductory price of $150 each.

Purchase Louisiana Heron
Edition of 2,500 -- 19 x 23 inches -- $150

Purchase Roseate Spoonbill
Edition of 2,500 -- 19 x 23 inches -- $150

   
Purchase Great Blue Heron                                           Purchase Whooping Crane
Each of these in an edition of 1,000 -- 17 1/2 x 26 inches -- $150 each     

PRINCETON SALE PRINTS

For the first time we have available a few Princetons at large savings of 40 to 65 percent off the regular price.  These prints are either samples (each numbered and including a seal) or unnumbered proofs that are lacking seals (noted below). In general, these prints frame well and cannot be distinguished from regular prints in terms of their decorative value. To order sale prints, call 703-823-7436.  For more on how the prints are made, and what makes them special, see the detailed information above on these prints.

SALE PRINT	Print Type  Size (inches)	REGULAR PRICE	SALE PRICE
PL 12 Baltimore Oriole What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Sample	400	SOLD
PL 15 Blue Yellow-backed Warbler What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Unnumbered proof	200	100
PL 17 Carolina Turtle Dove What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Sample	400	SOLD
PL 33 American Goldfinch What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Unnumbered proof	200	100
PL 56 Red-shouldered Hawk What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Unnumbered proof	600	250
PL 177 White-headed Pigeon What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Sample	450	200
PL 186 Pinnated Grouse  What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Unnumbered proof	450	200
PL 232 Hooded Merganser  What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Unnumbered proof	300	150
PL 311 American White Pelican -  What it looks like	Double Elephant Folio 39-1/4 x 26-1/4 Unnumbered proof	750	375

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Last updated 06.06.10