Description
The Carolina Wren is a common, year round resident to the eastern half of the U.S. The male of this species is a very loud singer, and that is the image that John James Audubon tried to convey through this illustration of a single male bird, perched atop a Dwarf Buckeye, singing his heart out.
The Carolina Wren is the state bird of South Carolina.
Pairs of Carolina Wrens mate for life.
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.
