Description
This bird is today known as the Northern Parula.
Painted on a lovely iris that Audubon found growing along the banks of the Mississippi River near New Orleans, Louisiana. The common name, for the flower at the time, was “Louisiana Flag”. John James Audubon considered this bird one of the most beautiful in the United States.
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.e print.
