{"product_id":"princeton-audubon-band-tailed-pigeon","title":"Band-tailed Pigeon","description":"\u003ch1\u003eBand-tailed Pigeon\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohn James Audubon’s Birds of America\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition of 1500.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/what-is-a-double-elephant\" title=\"Double Elephant\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat is a double elephant?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e26 1\/4 x 39 1\/4; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Mint\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/62D14503-DB24-4638-8B3F-1D94F290B4EF_medium.jpeg?v=1521840712\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNature is never out of style, so ... \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeather your nest!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThank you for visiting Princeton Audubon! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Of all the full-size facsimiles of Audubon's prints, those from Princeton Audubon Ltd. come the closest in appearance and quality to the originals. Combining this with their very reasonable cost makes Princeton Audubon facsimiles winners for those looking to acquire some of the most dramatic American natural history images ever produced.\" - \u003cb\u003eChris Lane, Philadelphia Print Shop West, appraiser on Antiques Roadshow.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOf our prints,\u003cb\u003e William Steiner, author of Audubon Prints: A Collector’s Guide To Every Edition\u003c\/b\u003e wrote, “True prints, true colors, incredible detail. Princetons are simply the finest Audubon facsimiles ever made!” \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWe purchased the actual antique originals in order to accurately produce this award-winning edition, giving you a connection to Audubon’s original work. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/princetonaudubonprints.com\/pages\/direct-camera\" title=\"Read more about the printing process.\"\u003eRead more ...\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn order to create this spectacular print, we needed to purchase the actual original. Measuring more than two feet by three feet, the birds are the same size as in life.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePrincetons began with the purchase of the actual originals which were physically used in the production process. A giant camera with film the same size as the print took a direct-capture picture of the original, and this exact image was transferred directly to the metal printing plates. There are no other Audubon facsimiles which match the quality of Princeton prints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur prints have this embossed seal at the lower right of the paper ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/630EEB2D-3738-4319-BF40-5EC1B5749E5B_medium.jpeg?v=1527211946\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e... and are pencil-numbered in the lower left under the printed script.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere are the printing specifications ...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePrinceton Audubon Double Elephant Edition •Double elephant (life size - 26 1\/4 x 39 1\/4) •Limited edition of 1500. •Pencil-numbered and embossed with the Princeton Audubon Limited seal. •Up to 11 color plates used. •Specially developed fade-proof inks. Absolute color fidelity to the actual original. •Printed on a 300 line. •Very heavy archival paper which is recommended by the Library of Congress for archives and is specially toned to match the actual color of the antique originals. •Registered to purchaser. •As permanently displayed at The Royal Society of London, to which Audubon belonged as a Fellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the image itself ...\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis print is based on a composition probably painted in the winter of 1836-37 in Charleston, S.C.  Maria Martin drew the dogwood branch, a drawing most interesting to botanists since the accompanying text in the Ornithological biography contains the first recorded description of the western, or mountain, dogwood, Cornus nuttalli, which has six involuted bracts instead of the four of the well-known eastern species.\u003cbr\u003eAudubon wrote:  \"In my plate are represented two adult birds, placed on the branch of a superb species of dogwood, discovered by my learned friend, Thomas Nuttall, Esq., when on his march toward the shores of the Pacific Ocean, and which I have graced with his name.\"\u003cbr\u003eThese pigeons lay only one egg to the nest, and breed usually only once a year, the lowest reproductive rate of any North American game bird except the extinct passenger pigeon.  The enactment in 1913 of the Federal law for the protection of the migratory birds saved this species.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51358036811,"sku":"","price":566.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/products\/909E1E92-C4D6-44F7-8813-3F6D18F98EDE.jpeg?v=1530290374","url":"https:\/\/www.princetonaudubonprints.com\/en-ca\/products\/princeton-audubon-band-tailed-pigeon","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}