Audubon Art Prints
Subtitle: A Collector's Guide to Every Edition
Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
Published: June 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9781570035043
Subjects: Antiques & collectables: pictures, prints & maps; Individual artists; Prints & printmaking; Prints, American; Birds in art; Art & Art Instruction; United States; Art; Ornithologists; Individual Artist; Collecting; Subjects & Themes - General; 1785-1851; 19th century; Audubon, John James,; Biography; Collectors and collecting
First sentence: In 1819, John James Audubon was thirty-four years old, with a wife and two young sons, living near the American frontier in Henderson, Kentucky.
Description: Addressing one of the more complex aspects of print collection, Steiner clarifies the task of distinguishing the octavo prints of the successive editions of Audubon's Birds of America (1840-1871) and Quadrupeds of North America (1849-1870). He describes the publication histories of each edition since the first; offers information about printers, engravers, and subscribers; and provides practical information on price histories, accessibility, and preservation. The author also explores the increasingly popular markets for subsidiary prints, posters, and Audubon ephemera.