Limited-edition, museum-quality prints of John James Audubon’s iconic natural history illustrations, meticulously crafted to capture the original detail using traditional printing methods, lithography, and archival materials. We do not offer mass-produced posters or inkjet copies.
We offer three distinct, highly-regarded series, each offering a unique opportunity to own a faithful reproduction of a masterpiece from The Birds of North America:
- Princeton Audubon Limited Edition: Full “Double Elephant” size (26″ x 39″) prints widely praised for their quality and appearance, which closely resemble the originals.
- NYHS Essex Limited Edition: True half-size lithographs created directly from originals in the New York Historical Society’s collection, produced on six or ten color presses using premium Essex rag paper.
- “Rare Prints” Audubon Limited Edition: A fine-art giclée series, strictly limited to 1500 prints, featuring archival ink on Somerset velvet paper with elegant deckled edges.
Princeton Audubon Limited Edition
The Princeton Audubon Edition is one of the finest limited editions of Audubon’s work available. Printed on high quality, archival paper, these forty large prints are truly museum quality. Each print measures 26″ x 39,” true to the original “Double Elephant” size that John James Audubon used in his great work “The Birds of North America”.
“Of all the full-size facsimiles of Audubon’s prints, those from Princeton Audubon come the closest in appearance and quality to the originals. Combining this with their very reasonable cost makes Princeton Audubon facsimiles winners for those looking to acquire some of the most dramatic American natural history images ever produced.” – Chris Lane, appraiser on Antiques Roadshow.
NYHS Essex Limited Edition
The Essex Edition, comprised of just four images – all rendered in half-size of Audubon’s “double elephant folio.” The lithographs were created directly from actual originals in the collection of the New York Historical Society. These are true lithographs, produced on six or ten color presses. The specially-made fade-proof inks were pressed upon the finest paper of all, 110# Essex. Essex is a specially made 100% rag, coated paper designed for critical art reproduction.
“Princeton has faithfully reproduced the NYHS original engravings in a collector’s edition of stunning quality and brilliant color.” – Louise Mirrer, Director of the New York Historical Society
“Rare Prints” Audubon Limited Edition
The Rare-Prints Audubon Edition is a fine-art series of giclee reproductions, strictly limited to 1500 prints of a selection of John James Audubon’s most beloved images.
Printed with archival ink on 330 gram Somerset velvet enhanced paper with beautiful deckled edges, the Rare- Prints Edition provides a wonderful opportunity to purchase and enjoy the fantastic illustrations from John James Audubon’s great work, “The Birds of North America”.
Each print measures 26 inches by 40 inches, depicting the full, life size images of Audubon’s drawings