{"product_id":"princeton-audubon-brown-pelican","title":"Brown Pelican","description":"\u003ch3\u003eThe Brown Pelican\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Princeton 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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudubon probably drew this adult pelican in the Florida Keys in April or May 1832. Landscape artist, George Lehman, painted the mangrove limb.\u003cbr\u003eThe brown pelican is a ponderous bird, but with its six-and-one-half-food wingspread has a powerful flight which it alternates with short glides.  The bird carries a large pouch under its lower bill and has an appetite for fish as large as the pouch.   American children learn of the brown pelican through a well known bit of doggerel that begins:  \"What a wonderful bird is the pelican-Its beak can hold more than its belly can,...\"\u003cbr\u003eA long line of these birds flapping and sailing, often in unison, is a familiar coastal sight.  When fishing, the birds fly aloft, spot the schools of fish, then head downwind, pull back their wings, and plunge beak-first with a grand splash.\u003cbr\u003eAudubon wrote:  \"The brown pelicans are as well aware of the time of each return of the tide, as the most watchful pilots.  Though but a short time before they have been sound asleep, yet without bell or other warning, they suddenly open their eyelids, and all leave their roosts, the instant when the waters...resume their motion.\" \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Audubon Edition","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37652552587,"sku":"PAL256","price":779.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2221\/0931\/files\/AudubonprintBrownPelican_1500x1500_6d98aa83-e612-4143-81bb-fb59127e84b1.webp?v=1702323626","url":"https:\/\/www.princetonaudubonprints.com\/en-ca\/products\/princeton-audubon-brown-pelican","provider":"Signature Documents LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}