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Great White Heron

Name: Great Blue Heron Audubon Print, Plate 281
Brand: Heritage Prints
SKU: audu281
Price: 725.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Ardea occidentalis

Today: Great Blue Heron (white morph)

John James Audubon, plate 281

From The Birds of America

The print

Technique: Facsimile giclée
Sheet: 39¼ × 26½ 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

Free shipping, import duties included.

Reproduced from the original in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem.

Free shipping from $500 or 3 prints, otherwise $45. Import duties included.
Ships within 3 to 5 business days, insured with FedEx
Unframed, rolled in a hard carton tube
Returns within 14 days

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.

Original, facsimile or reproduction?How your print is made

Great White Heron shown in a black and gold frame — Shown framed. Frame not included.

Great White Heron shown in a dark wood frame — Shown framed. Frame not included.

Ready for your framer

Try three frame styles to see how the print hangs on a wall. Your print arrives unframed, as the full sheet with its margins, plate number and engraved caption.

About this plate

Great White Heron (Ardea occidentalis) is plate 281 of The Birds of America by John James Audubon (1827–1838). Today: Great Blue Heron (white morph). This facsimile is made from the copy in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, and printed at the size of the original sheet, 39¼ × 26½ in (100 × 67 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