The Carolina parrot Audubon unframed print
Natural History Museum
http://www.nhmshop.co.ukAdded 14/05/19
Original price
GBP £ 125
Converted price
Description
DeepL TranslateThe Carolina parrot print
Limited-edition, Carolina parrot print by John James Audubon.
Limited to 200 editions.
Printed on acid and lignin-free archival paper for an almost perfect match to the original finish.
The print is debossed, numbered and comes with a certificate of authenticity.
Image description as it appears in the book
Psittacus carolinensis, Linn. Plate XXVI., Male, Female and young. Original plate size: 84.5 x 61 cm.
Doubtless, kind reader, you will say, while looking at the seven figures of Parakeets represented in the plate, that I spared not my labour. I never do, so anxious am I to promote your pleasure. [...]
They are quite at ease on trees or any kind of plant, moving sidewise, climbing or hanging in every imaginable posture, assisting themselves very dexterously in all their motions with their bills.
They usually alight extremely close together. I have seen branches of trees as completely covered by them as they could possibly be. If approached before they begin their plundering, they appear shy and distrustful, and often at a single cry from one of them, the whole take wing, and probably may not return to the same place that day.
Last updated: 14/05/19
