print room: John James Audubon

The Birds of America; from Original Drawings
     folio prints from the Havell Edition (1827-1838)

In this area we offer the best known of Audubon's original prints -- the large and famous bird prints from the Havell Edition (hand-colored etchings with engraving and aquatint, published 1827-1838). Click any photo for a larger image.  Because of the difficulties involved in photographing large prints, shadow and uneven lighting affect many of the photos below.  If you are interested in a print, please ask for a condition report.  Read an overview on this edition and these prints. 

If there is a specific print you want that we don't have, or you are thinking of buying a Havell, but don't know what you want, please get in touch. With enough time and a realistic budget, we can find you any print, or we can help you figure out what print works best given your budget and decor needs. Contact us for information, condition reports or additional photos.  Visit our ordering page to read about our guarantee, and for information on sales tax, shipping, and forms of payment.

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Plate 26 Carolina Parrot.  

Trimmed to 35-7/8 inches by 25-1/2 inches. 

With watermark J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1827.  

Doubtless, the reader will say, while looking at the seven figures of Parakeets represented in the plate, that I spared not my labour. I never do, so anxious am I to promote his pleasure.   

DETAIL PHOTO  

SOLD 

 

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Plate 62 Passenger Pigeon. Measuring 38-3/4 by 25-3/4 inches, with watermark J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1828. The multitudes of Wild Pigeons in our woods are astonishing. DETAIL PHOTO  Price upon request.

 

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Plate 336 Yellow-crowned Heron [Yellow-crowned Night Heron]. Measuring 38 by 24 7/8 inches on J WHATMAN 1838. 
The adult bird represented in the plate was shot by my friend Dr. BACHMAN, a few miles from Charleston, ...and the drawing of the plant was made by his amiable sister-in-law, Miss MARTIN. 
 
DETAIL PHOTO  Price upon request.

 

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Plate 236 Night Heron or Qua Bird [Black-crowned Night Heron]. Full sheet on J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1835. The frog, of which I have introduced a figure, is common in the retired swamps which the Night Heron frequents, and is often devoured by it.  DETAIL PHOTO  Price upon request.

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Plate 42 Orchard Oriole. Full sheet measuring 38-1/4 x 25-1/2 inches on J WHATMAN  1831. DETAIL PHOTO  SOLD

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Plate 282 White-winged Silvery Gull [Iceland Gull]. A lovely image of two seagulls, one old, one young against a stormy sky. Very dramatic. Full sheet. DETAIL PHOTO 1   DETAIL PHOTO 2  $6,950.

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Plate 382 Sharp-tailed Grous.  A game bird of central and western North America, this bird's range in the United States has shrunk considerably.  Two birds in a landscape with river in the distance.  Full sheet. 
DETAIL PHOTO 1  DETAIL PHOTO 2 $12,000.

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Plate 37 Golden-winged Woodpecker [Nothern Flicker - yellow-shafted]. Lively portrait on full WHATMAN sheet in excess of 39 x 26 inches. Lined with mulberry, repairs in margins.  Outstanding color. DETAIL PHOTO  $12,000.

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Plate 22 Purple Martin. Three birds with gourd.  Full sheet 38 x 25-3/8 inches, watermark J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1827. DETAIL PHOTO  $6,950.

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Plate 402 Black-throated Guillemot [From left - Ancient Murrelet, male & female. Least Auklet. Crested Auklet. Rhinoceros Auklet]. This print includes one of the most interesting backgrounds of the Havell Edition, a view of Snug Corner Cove in Prince William Sound, Alaska as it was in May 1778 when the artist John Webber traveled there with James Cook on his third Pacific voyage. (See the source print at right.) Measuring 37-3/4  x 24-1/2 inches, J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1837. DETAIL PHOTO  $8,000 including the original Webber folio (shown at right).

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Included with Plate 402, the original print that was the basis for Havell's background. After John Webber, View of Snug Corner Cove in Prince William's Sound, engraved by W. Ellis. From the atlas volume of Captain Cook's A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, published in London by G. Nicol and T. Cadell, 1784.

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Plate 202 Red-throated Diver [Red-throated Loon].  Beautiful scene with pitcher plants. Full sheet (26 x 39 inches) J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1834.  DETAIL PHOTO   $12,000

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Plate 227 Pin-tailed Duck [Pintail]. Full sheet measuring 39 x 26 inches with watermark J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1834. DETAIL PHOTO  $12,000.

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Plate 67 Red-winged Starling or Marsh Blackbird. [Red-winged Blackbird] With red Maple. Full sheet with watermark, excellent condition.  DETAIL PHOTO  $7,500.

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Plate 77 Belted Kingfisher. Trimmed in height only to 32-1/2 x 26-1/2 inches with watermark J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1829.  Repaired chips and tears in  margins.  DETAIL PHOTO  SOLD

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Plate 199 Little Owl [Northern Saw-whet Owl] Some dark spots caused by impurities in the paper (not foxing), mostly in margin.  Good overall condition and color.  Full sheet on J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1834.  DETAIL PHOTO   $4,000. 

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Plate 64 Swamp Sparrow. This lovely plate is different from all other plates in the Havell Edition because the art is credited to someone other than John James Audubon, even though it was painted by Audubon. Overall very good with printer's crease in far right margin.  DETAIL PHOTO1  DETAIL PHOTO2  $3,200.

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Plate 312 Long-tailed Duck. [Oldsquaw.] Lovely image with adorable chicks. Slightly trimmed in width to 35-1/2 inches x 25-1/4 inches. Watermarked  J WHATMAN 1836. DETAIL PHOTO  $9,750

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Plate 239 American Coot. On WHATMAN, full sheet. Beautiful image of a common water bird.  Excellent color.  DETAIL PHOTO  $7,500

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Plate 320 Little Sandpiper. [Least Sandpiper] Slightly trimmed in the width to 35-1/2 inches x 25 inches. On J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL 1838. DETAIL PHOTO  SOLD

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Plate 322 Red-headed Duck.  Trimmed in height only to 29-3/4 inches x 25 inches with watermark J WHATMA / 1836 (N trimmed).  Beautiful sunset scene. DETAIL PHOTO  $4950.

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Plate 65 Rathbone Warbler [Yellow Warbler] with beautiful ramping trumpet-flower. Measuring 38-1/4 x 25-5/8 inches on J WHATMAN / 1831. $3,500 
DETAIL PHOTO

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Plate 180 Pine Linnet. [Pine Siskin]  Full clean sheet with excellent color. Lovely composition. Paper uniform in color, uneven tone in the photo is due to shadow.  $3,250   DETAIL PHOTO

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Plate 149 Sharp-tailed Finch. [Sharp-tailed Sparrow.]  Beautiful landscape scene with nest.  Repaired tear. On J WHATMAN TURKEY MILL.  $3,000.  DETAIL PHOTO

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Plate 100 Marsh Wren. Three wrens in a grass nest.  Full sheet, overall very good with corner repair.  Watermarked J WHATMAN 1831.  DETAIL PHOTO  $3,500.

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Plate 128 Cat Bird. This portrait of two gray catbirds in a blackberry bramble captures the bird to a tee. Price includes mat and frame with overall measurements of 42 inches by 29-1/2 inches. DETAIL PHOTO  $4,950.

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Plate 54 Rice Bunting. Portrait of the Bobolink in a red maple. Full sheet on WHATMAN, overall very good condition.  DETAIL PHOTO 1  DETAIL PHOTO 2 $4,500.

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Plate 348 Gadwall Duck.  With watermark J WHATMAN 1836, slightly trimmed to 36-1/2 x 24-3/4 inches. Fine portrait of the Grey Duck.  DETAIL PHOTO  $6,000.

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Plate 313 Blue-winged Teal.  Very popular print, heavily trimmed, but with a close to 2-inch margin around plate mark. A very small part of the watermark still intact.  Sheet measuring around 17 x 22-1/2 inches. Excellent color. SOLD

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Plate 265 Buff-breasted Sandpiper. Beautiful scene of two sandpipers on the shore.  Lovely color.  DETAIL PHOTO   $3,500

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Plate 258 Hudsonian Godwit.  Full sheet, outstanding color.  Graceful shore birds.  DETAIL PHOTO  $4,750.

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Plate 263 Pigmy Curlew [Curlew Sandpiper].  With watermark J WHATMAN 1835, this print comes from the folio originally belonging to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (sold at Christie's New York on Sept 14-15, 1987).  Copy of the catalogue will be included.  DETAIL PHOTO  $3,000

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Plate 370 American Water Ouzel [American Dipper]  Watermarked J WHATMAN 1837.  This print comes from the folio originally belonging to the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences (sold at Christie's New York on Sept 14-15, 1987).  Copy of the catalogue will be included.  DETAIL PHOTO   $3,000. 

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Plate 363 Bohemian Chatterer. [Bohemian Waxwing in a fruiting American Mountain-ash tree] Full sheet measuring 38 x 25-1/2 inches with J WHATMAN 1837 watermark, beautiful color and condition. DETAIL PHOTO  $4,500.

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Plate 15 Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. [Northern Parula with Copper Iris]. Trimmed well outside plate mark to 25-3/4 x 19-3/4 inches, this early print has superb color. From the partial set originally subscribed to by Lord Carnarvon, print includes the auction catalog from the sale. An early owner of the folio thought the volume too large, and rebound the plates, trimming all plates with small images, and folding in half all other plates. Missing most of the watermark, this print is in overall excellent condition aside from trimming.  DETAIL PHOTO  $2,800

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Plate 30 Vigor's Warbler. [Pine Warbler with Spiderwort.] With watermark J WHATMAN 1831 and measuring 38-1/8 x 25-3/8 inches. Waterstain lower right corner, some edge wear, minor pin holes. Overall very good with excellent color.  DETAIL PHOTO  $3,500

Don't forget to take a look at our Alecto restrikes for six top Havell images (printed from the original copper plates in 1985), or browse through our selection of Bien Edition prints.  Can't afford a Havell, a Bien, or an Alecto?  Then check out our Princeton Edition facsimile prints -- Audubon's art, full-sized and affordable! 

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