Description
The Purple Heron, as Audubon called it, is now known as the Reddish Egret. Stately and elegant, this composition depicts the two different color morphs of the bird, with the dark morph on the right, and the white morph to the left.
John James Audubon painted this image while visiting the Florida Keys in the 1830’s. This bird can be seen in all of Florida and the Gulf coast of Texas.
Usually found alone near the water’s edge at the beach, the Reddish Egret is a very active hunter. When pursuing a fish, it will chase its prey through the shallow water, running and jumping in its attempts to find a meal.
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.
