Description
Audubon’s illustration of the White Crowned Pigeon depicts a male feeding a female perched on the flowery branches of a Geiger Tree.
The White Headed Pigeon, today referred to as the White Crowned Pigeon, is only local to the Florida Keys, and is a fruit eater. With a slate blue sleek body and a stark white feathered head, the White Crowned Pigeon bears little resemblance to it’s city cousins.
John James Audubon painted the White Crowned Pigeon while on a trip to the Florida Keys in the 1830’s.
This 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.
