Identifying Audubon Bird Prints

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Identifying Audubon Bird Prints

John James Audubon’s bird prints are probably the most famous American prints ever made, not to mention ones with a confusing publishing history.  The original prints came in two sizes and several editions, which is further complicated by the huge number of copies of the original images.  This a very valuable and useful guide for anyone interested in original Audubon bird prints.  It not only gives the basic history of the production of the original prints, but it also explains how to identify prints from the various editions and how to distinguish these from the restrikes, facsimiles and reproductions.