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Bird prints

Bird plates by eight naturalists, from Audubon’s life-size The Birds of America to Gould’s hummingbirds, Elliot’s pheasants and Levaillant’s parrots, first published between the 1740s and the 1880s. Each print is a facsimile giclée made from the originals, at the size of the original sheet, in a numbered edition of 250.

1,156 prints

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Coronetted Sand-Grouse, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Coronetted Sand-Grouse

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Crimson-breasted Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Crimson-breasted Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Curl-crested Cuckoo, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Curl-crested Cuckoo

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Darjiling Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Darjiling Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Doerries’s Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Doerries’s Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Elphinstone’s Wood-Pigeon, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Elphinstone’s Wood-Pigeon

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Embroidered Barbet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Embroidered Barbet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Emerald Cuckoo, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Emerald Cuckoo

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Formosan Bamboo-Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Formosan Bamboo-Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Formosan Green Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Formosan Green Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Formosan Spotted Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Formosan Spotted Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Franklin’s Barbet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Franklin’s Barbet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Georgian Black Grouse, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Georgian Black Grouse

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Great Racket-tailed Parrot, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Great Racket-tailed Parrot

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Grey-headed Parrakeet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Grey-headed Parrakeet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Grey-headed Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Grey-headed Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Hardwicke’s Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Hardwicke’s Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Hartlaub’s Spotted Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Hartlaub’s Spotted Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Heart-spotted Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Heart-spotted Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Indian Rock-Pigeon, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Indian Rock-Pigeon

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Indian Wryneck, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Indian Wryneck

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Javan Spotted Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Javan Spotted Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Lerwa Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Lerwa Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Malacca Parrakeet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Malacca Parrakeet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Malayan Piculet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Malayan Piculet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Malayan Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Malayan Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Maroon-breasted Pigeon, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Maroon-breasted Pigeon

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Mongolian Rock-Pigeon, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Mongolian Rock-Pigeon

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Mrs. Layard’s Parakeet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Mrs. Layard’s Parakeet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Negros Yellow-faced Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Negros Yellow-faced Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Nicobar Parrakeet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Nicobar Parrakeet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Orange-breasted Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Orange-breasted Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Otidiphaps, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Otidiphaps

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Painted Spur-Fowl, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Painted Spur-Fowl

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Pallas’s Sand-Grouse, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Pallas’s Sand-Grouse

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Philippine Racket-tailed Parrot, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Philippine Racket-tailed Parrot

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Powerful Cuckoo, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Powerful Cuckoo

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Racket-tailed Parrot, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Racket-tailed Parrot

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Ramsay’s Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Ramsay’s Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Red-breasted Pigeon, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Red-breasted Pigeon

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Rufous Piculet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Rufous Piculet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Rufous Spur-Fowl, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Rufous Spur-Fowl

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Rufous-bellied Cuckoo, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Rufous-bellied Cuckoo

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Rufous-breasted Bamboo-Partridge, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Rufous-breasted Bamboo-Partridge

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

Slaty-headed Parrakeet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Slaty-headed Parrakeet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Sonnerat’s Pygmy Woodpecker, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Sonnerat’s Pygmy Woodpecker

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Speckled Piculet, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Speckled Piculet

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

15 × 22 in, original size

$185

Spotted Sand-Grouse, from Birds of Asia, Vol. 6 by John Gould

Spotted Sand-Grouse

Gould, Birds of Asia, Vol. 6

22 × 15 in, original size

$185

About bird prints

Our bird plates cover more than a century of printmaking, and the technique changes with the period. The oldest are copper engravings: Johann Michael Seligmann’s German versions of the birds of Mark Catesby and George Edwards, published in Nuremberg from 1749 (one of them shows a dodo beside a guinea pig), and Cornelius Nozeman’s Nederlandsche Vogelen, begun in 1770. Between 1801 and 1806 Jacques Barraband’s paintings of parrots and toucans for François Levaillant were engraved in stipple.

The largest sheets are Audubon’s: Robert Havell engraved and aquatinted The Birds of America in London between 1827 and 1838, opening with the Wild Turkey. Most of the other books are lithographs, among them those of John Gould, who worked with a team of artists, and the monographs of Daniel Giraud Elliot, drawn by Joseph Wolf, Joseph Smit and John Gerrard Keulemans. What is The Birds of America? tells how Audubon’s book was made.

Publications in Birds

John James Audubon

The Birds of America 435

Daniel Giraud Elliot

John Gould

François Levaillant

Cornelius Nozeman

Nederlandsche Vogelen, 3 volumes 131

Hermann Schlegel

De Toerako's 16
Traité de fauconnerie 24

Johann Michael Seligmann

Jean Théodore Descourtilz

Brilliant Birds of Brazil 60

Thomas Brown

Illustrations of the American Ornithology 2