Carolina Parakeet — Audubon, framed

John James Audubon's Carolina Parakeet from The Birds of America, taken from BNF Gallica's gigapixel CC0 scan, framed and ready to hang.

One of the last plates in The Birds of America, the Carolina Parakeet — now extinct since 1918 — hangs in Audubon's collection as a fully-realized study of a bird that no longer exists. He drew it from specimens, from birds he had shot. The colours are gaudy, brilliant, the composition sprawling across the page. By the time Audubon finished the series, this species was already rare. He documented extinction before the word had weight.

This is reproduced from BNF Gallica's CC0 high-resolution scan at full resolution, printed on archival fine art paper and framed in solid wood.

THE PRINT

• 30×45 cm / 12×18", 40×60 cm / 16×24", or 60×90 cm / 24×36" in your choice of 4 solid wood frame colours, portrait orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper, mounted under shatterproof acrylic glazing
• Printed and framed to order by our accredited partner

THE WORK

• Artist: John James Audubon (1785–1851)
• Year: c.1830
• Collection: BNF Gallica · public-domain digital archive
• Source: BNF Gallica · gigapixel IIIF scan

SHIPPING

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• Printed locally to you — no customs fees, no surprise charges at delivery
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