Carolina Parakeet — Audubon, poster

John James Audubon's Carolina Parakeet from The Birds of America, taken from BNF Gallica's gigapixel CC0 scan, on archival fine art paper.

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, ready to hang.

THE PRINT

• Available in 30×45 cm / 12×18", 40×60 cm / 16×24", or 60×90 cm / 24×36", portrait orientation
• Archival giclée on 200gsm Enhanced Matte fine art paper
• Printed to order by our accredited press 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

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