Great Blue Heron — Audubon, poster

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

Plate CCXI from The Birds of America (1827–1838), Audubon's life-size series where every bird was drawn from a freshly-prepared specimen. The Great Blue Heron stands alert in profile, neck coiled, watchful against a muted ground. Like the Snowy Owl, this plate lives at full scale — a reminder that in Audubon's era, field study meant killing first, painting second. The specificity of observation doesn't erase that fact.

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: 1834 (Plate CCXI)
• Collection: BNF Gallica · public-domain digital archive
• Source: BNF Gallica · gigapixel IIIF scan

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