Description
John James Audubon painted this lovely hummingbird with a depiction of both males and females of the species, including a nest, on a beautiful hibiscus.
His good friend, Thomas Nuttall, had encountered this species while travelling in the Western U.S. between the Rocky Mountains and California.
It is now called Anna’s Hummingbird. It is one of the most common hummingbirds on the West coast of the United States and Northern Baja California. It can also be found in Arizona. It primarily feeds on nectar, but also eats small insects.
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.
