Beiencke Library’s 2018-2019 Birds of America installations explore Audubon’s creative process and collaboration with engraver and printer Robert Havell
Robert Havell Jr. engraved the copper plates and oversaw printing and hand-coloring of Audubon’s The Birds of America.
The Beincke Library is just one of several institutions documenting the extraordinary work of turning the pages of Audubon’s Double Elephan Folio.
Though the majority of Robert Havell’s prints recreate Audubon’s paintings in precise detail, notable changes appear in some cases. In his painting of the Golden Eagle,...
We’re turning the page, beginning a new three-part Birds of America exhibiton.
Beiencke Library’s 2018-2019 Birds of America installations explore Audubon’s creative process and collaboration with engraver and printer Robert Havell.
Podcast: Bill Reese, Y’77, on John James Audubon and the Birds of America
