print room: bird prints from other artists/authors

Folio prints from American Ornithology by 
Alexander Wilson and Charles Lucien Bonaparte

Plates B1 - B27 (after Rider, Peale, and Audubon from Bonaparte's Supplement)


B13 (AR)  Stellar's Jay. Lapland longspur (male and female) $250.

 Click on the photos for larger images. All prints measure around 13 inches x 17 inches.  Please contact us for detailed condition report.  If you are looking for a specific bird, let us know, and we'll point you to the correct plate.  The bird names used by Wilson and Bonaparte do not necessarily correspond with modern names.  The artist's initials (TRP for Titian Ramsey Peale, AR for Alexander Rider, and JJA for John James Audubon) are shown after the plate number.  Visit our ordering page to read about our guarantee, and for information on sales tax, shipping, and forms of payment.  

The Bonaparte plates from this edition are not engravings (as were the original plates in Bonaparte's supplement), but rather hand-colored stone lithographs.  Apparently the original copper printing plates were not available to Ord and his collaborators. Thus these prints lack plate marks and the sharp lines typical of etchings/engravings.  The name of the lithographer is not noted on the prints; rather, the Bonaparte plates are reproduced with the original nomenclature intact, and therefore include engraving credits to Alexander Lawson.  Some plates are printed in colors which imparts a rich look. The hand-coloring is of a very high quality as is the lithography.  The paper is a somewhat lighter weight than that used for the Wilson plates.

B1Forktailed_small.JPG (13100 bytes)
B1. (TRP) Fork-tailed Flycatcher. Rocky Mountain Anteater. Female Golden-winged Warbler. $300		 B2Scissortailed_small.JPG (13199 bytes)
B2. (TRP) Scissor-tailed Flycatcher.  Arkansaw Flycatcher. Say's F. Female Golden crested wren.  SOLD		 B3Yllwhdblkbrd_small.JPG (14053 bytes)
B3. (TRP) Yellow- headed Blackbird, male and female. Female Cape May Warbler. SOLD
B4. (JJA and AR) Great Crow Blackbird, male and female with egg. SOLD		 B5GrackleFem_small.JPG (11700 bytes)
B5. (TRP) Female Crow Blackbird. Orange- crowned Warbler. Lark Finch. Lark Finch. SOLD
B6Finches_small.JPG (12742 bytes)
B6.  (TRP)  Crimson-necked Bullfinch, male and female. Arkansaw Siskin.  Female American Goldfinch. Lazuli Finch. $225.		 B7CliffSwallow_small.JPG (12573 bytes)
B7. (TRP) Fulvous or Cliff Swallow (with nests)  Burrowing Owls (with prairie dogs and burrows)  Printed with brown and black ink. $200.		 B8BandtailedPig_small.JPG (13886 bytes)
B8. (TRP) Young Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers. Band-tailed Pigeon. SOLD		 B9WildTurkey_small.JPG (14255 bytes)
B9 (TRP)  Wild Turkey, male and female. SOLD		 B10CoopersHawk_small.JPG (13937 bytes)
B10. (AR) Cooper's Hawk, Palm Warbler. $250. 
B11WhtldHawk_small.JPG (13209 bytes)
B11. (AR) White-tailed Hawk. Female Cerulean Warbler.  $200.
B12. (AR) Blue Hawk or Hen Harrier. SOLD  		B14FlrdaJay_small.JPG (14208 bytes)
B14. (AR) Florida Jay.  Northern Three-toed Woodpecker. Young Red-headed Woodpecker.  $250.		 B15EvngGrosbeak_small.JPG (13525 bytes)
B15. (AR) Evening Grosbeak.  Female Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Female White-winged Crossbill. Female indigo finch.  SOLD		 B16BhmnWaxwing_small.JPG (14564 bytes)
B16. (AR) Pallas Dipper. Bohemian Waxwing. Female Pine Bullfinch. SOLD
B17WhtcrndPig_small.JPG (14101 bytes)
B17. (AR) White- crowned Pigeon. Zenaida Dove (named after Bonaparte's wife)  SOLD		 B18DskyGrouse_small.JPG (11344 bytes)
B18. (AR) Dusky Grouse, female.  SOLD
B19. (AR) Sharp-tailed Grous. Printed with brown ink. SOLD		 B20SpttdGrouse_small.JPG (11257 bytes)
B20. (AR)  Spotted Grouse. SOLD		 B21FmlCockPlains_small.JPG (12997 bytes)
B21. (AR) Cock of the Plains, female.  Spotted Grouse, female. SOLD
B22YngCondor_small.JPG (11306 bytes)
B22. (AR) Young Male Condor. $250.		 B23GlossyIbis_small.JPG (13635 bytes)
B23. (TRP) Glossy Ibis. Red-breasted Snipe. Pectoral Sandpiper. $250.		 B24WilsonsPhalarope_small.JPG (15623 bytes)
B24. (TRP) Wilson's Phalarope. Piping Plover. Shinz's Sandpiper. $200.		 B25YngWilsonsPhalarope_small.JPG (15075 bytes)
 B25. (AR) Wilson's Phalarope, Young. Hyperborean Phalarope. Long-legged Sandpiper. Semipalmated Plover. SOLD		 B26PealsEgret_small.JPG (13758 bytes)
B26. (AR) Peals Egret Heron.  Esquimaux Curlew. Scolopaceous Courlan. SOLD
B27FloridaGallinule_small.JPG (14747 bytes)
B27. (AR)  Florida Gallinule. Yellow- breasted Rail. SOLD		        

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Last updated 03.31.09