Description
Today, the Columbia Jay is known as the Black Throated Magpie Jay.
According to John James Audubon, this illustration was drawn from a specimen from the Columbia River. This is a bit of an oddity, since this species is native to the west coast of mainland Mexico. It is quite possible that this species showed up in the U.S. as an anomaly, and is an example of one of the few non-native species to show up in “Birds of America”.
The Princeton Edition was printed on heavy, acid free, museum-quality paper using specially designed archival inks. This is an “offset lithograph” – not a “giclee” poster or inexpensive inkjet print. It was created by highly-skilled printers using traditional printing presses, and up to a dozen metal printing plates were used in the complex process.
The result is a truly exceptional print of Audubon’s masterful artwork, unlike anything else available on the market. The printing is so fine that it is indistinguishable from the stone lithograph prints created by Audubon in the 18th century. This is a fine art edition strictly limited to 1500 prints. All Princeton’s are hand numbered and bear an embossed seal in the lower margin of the print.
As seen in the New York Times.
