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American Robin
Turdus migratorius
State bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin
John James Audubon, plate 131
From The Birds of America
The print
- Technique
- Facsimile giclée
- Sheet
- 26½ × 39¼ in, original size
- Format
- Double Elephant Folio
- Paper
- White etching paper, 270 g/m²
- Ink
- Archival ink
- Edition
- Limited to 250 prints
$725
Limited edition of 250
€650 incl. VAT in the EU
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Reproduced from the original in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.
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A facsimile of the original sheet
- Photographed from the plate in the Teylers Museum’s copy of The Birds of America, Haarlem.
- Proofed against that sheet under daylight, until the colours match.
- Printed at the full size of the sheet, with its margins and lettering, in an edition of 250.
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About this plate
A family of American Robins at the nest, in a leafy tree. One parent hangs head down from a twig to feed the young, the other stands above with a berry in its bill, and the young birds, still speckled on the breast like the thrushes they are, crowd the nest and the branches around it with wings up and bills wide open. The lettering numbers male, female and young. Audubon’s Latin name for the bird, Turdus migratorius, is still its name today, and the robin is the state bird of Connecticut, Michigan and Wisconsin.
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) is plate 131 of The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1827–1838). This facsimile is made from the copy in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, and printed at the size of the original sheet, 26½ × 39¼ in (67 × 100 cm).
About the original
John James Audubon (1785-1851) published The Birds of America between 1827 and 1838: 435 hand-coloured plates, printed on Double Elephant Folio sheets so that every bird could be shown at life size.
On 26 August 1833 Victor Gifford Audubon sold a complete set to the Teylers Museum in Haarlem, which still keeps it. Heritage Prints makes its facsimiles from that set, at the size of the original sheet.
- Title
- The Birds of America
- Published
- 1827-1838
- Format
- Double Elephant Folio
- Original in
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem
- In our collection
- 435 prints
