Our rigorous proces of printing your individual facsimile
Our prints are not posters; they are perfect facsimiles Our prints are not posters; they are perfect facsimiles. They are identical to the originals, and your response to them will be identical to your appreciation for the original great artworks. The process of creating a facsimile Founder Gies Pluim in Teylers Museum The process of creating […]
Audubon’s larger birds are most sought after
Audubon wanted to paint his birds life-size The Bird’s of America is the original book with paintings by Audubon. It contains 435 watercolors divided into five separate volumes. In this post, we pay attention to the larger birds that Audubon painted. 15 illustrations can be seen in an image carousel at the end of this […]
20% DISCOUNT on all AUDUBON giclée prints
20% DISCOUNT on all AUDUBON giclée prints Painter and naturalist John James Audubon is widely considered to be one of the greatest bird artists of all time. He changed the way we see the natural world. Image carousel of Audubon’s paintings. Or choose any other Audubon giclée print. Audubon Plate 221 Great Blue Heron […]
Audubon’s Great Auk became extinct
Audubon painted the Great Auk, despite the fact that he never saw a living specimen, leaving us a lasting record of this extinct species. Audubon’s Great Auk. Plate 341 Audubon painted five birds that are now extinct. One of these is the Great Auk, a seabird measuring 75 cm in height, which bred on rocky, […]
Audubon witnessed the decline of the Pinnated Grouse and recorded the bird for posterity
Audubon witnessed the decline of the Pinnated Grouse and recorded the bird for posterity. The Pinnated Grouse was once abundant and widespread in America, all across the oak savanna and tall grass prairie ecosystem. This prairie chicken was numbered in the millions. In the 1930s the Pinnated Grouse became almost extinct in the US but, […]
Audubon painted the pigeons, observed the flocks and took notes
Audubon painted the pigeons, observed the flocks and took notes. The Passenger Pigeon was once the most abundant bird. Not only in America, but perhaps in the whole world. In 1800 North America was filled with more than five billion Passenger Pigeons. Passenger pigeons were hunted by Native Americans, who treated nature with enormous respect […]
The quality of facsimile and giclée prints
When writing this post, a big smile comes across my face. It reminds me of my late father. Like world travelers of the 18th and 19th centuries he believed in the beauty of nature, as it was portrayed in art. The art of nature Seeing the most beautiful illustrations of animals, birds, flowers, butterflies and […]
Why can I not buy my online giclée prints framed?
Frames protect your giclée print from damage and degradation, and the prints look much better when framed. However, the qualify of the frames, and the cost of framing, varies enormously and a frame can even be more expensive than the print itself. In addition, the colour and design of the frame will need to be […]
John Gould’s influence in the development of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution by natural selection
Gould had a lot of experience in identifying birds and mammals and did this also with the Darwin finches of the Galapagos Islands. Gould’s work is referenced in Charles Darwin’s book, On the Origin of Species. John Gould was the most celebrated British ornothologist of the 19th century, famed for his folios featuring vividly colored […]
Why are John Goulds illustrations so special?
Gould is often referred to as the ‘father of birds’ and nearly 3,000 unique images were produced during the span of his long career. As a gardeners son Gould loved animals and was deeply passionate about the natural world. During his travels, he met Elizabeth who was as keen on natural history as he was. […]
