If you are interested in Audubon’s wonderful prints of the birds of America, take a look at this link.
The Royal Bindery in Windsor Castle (one of the worlds oldest conservation units) has completed the mammoth task of repairing and rebinding all four of the volumes. This is a massively difficult thing to do as the volumes need three people to lift each one given their size and weight.
John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of North America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species and a number of new sub-species.
Audubon was a rarity he painted from life, life size depictions and rendered perfect colour. He was a true woodsman as well, as was the method of the day he shot or trapped the birds painted them and then ate them. Alas there is no record of his recipe for crow stew or deep fried vulture, there are some recorded comments about some pretty disgusting three day old birds being eaten though.
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/c...ca/the-rebinding-of-audubons-birds-of-america
Sandsnakes
The Royal Bindery in Windsor Castle (one of the worlds oldest conservation units) has completed the mammoth task of repairing and rebinding all four of the volumes. This is a massively difficult thing to do as the volumes need three people to lift each one given their size and weight.
John James Audubon (Jean-Jacques Audubon) (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats. His major work, a color-plate book entitled The Birds of North America (1827–1839), is considered one of the finest ornithological works ever completed. Audubon identified 25 new species and a number of new sub-species.
Audubon was a rarity he painted from life, life size depictions and rendered perfect colour. He was a true woodsman as well, as was the method of the day he shot or trapped the birds painted them and then ate them. Alas there is no record of his recipe for crow stew or deep fried vulture, there are some recorded comments about some pretty disgusting three day old birds being eaten though.
http://www.royalcollection.org.uk/c...ca/the-rebinding-of-audubons-birds-of-america
Sandsnakes
