{"product_id":"raven-audubon-plate-101","title":"Raven — Audubon, Birds of America Plate 101","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA raven that seems to look straight at you.\u003c\/strong\u003e Perched on a branch of shellbark hickory, a large raven opens its heavy beak, wings half raised, as if it had just noticed you. Its black plumage is not flat at all: Audubon gave it glints of blue and green. Around it, clusters of hickory nuts burst from their husks among leaves already turning yellow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAudubon painted the bird around 1829, probably in the great pine forest of Pennsylvania, and described it as a very old male. The hickory branch was painted by his assistant George Lehman, who added the leaves and plants to many plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy it works on your wall\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDark and literary\u003c\/strong\u003e: black, olive and gold, a natural fit for a library, a study or a “dark academia” interior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA presence in the room\u003c\/strong\u003e: the raven’s direct gaze holds a wall on its own, above a desk, a console or a fireplace\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFraming tip\u003c\/strong\u003e: a black or dark wood frame deepens the plumage; a cream mount suits the old paper tone\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eThe plate\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlate 101 opens the second volume of \u003cem\u003eThe Birds of America\u003c\/em\u003e, issued around 1831, with the caption “Raven, Corvus corax, Male. Thick Shell-bark Hickory, Juglans laciniosa”. The common raven is the largest of all perching birds, the size of a hawk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtist\u003c\/strong\u003e: John James Audubon (1785–1851), hickory by George Lehman, engraved by Robert Havell Jr.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWork\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cem\u003eThe Birds of America\u003c\/em\u003e, plate 101 (CI)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDate\u003c\/strong\u003e: painted around 1829, engraved around 1831\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTechnique\u003c\/strong\u003e: etching and aquatint, coloured by hand\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBird\u003c\/strong\u003e: common raven, \u003cem\u003eCorvus corax\u003c\/em\u003e, on shellbark hickory\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohn James Audubon (1785–1851) set out to paint every bird of North America at life size. Between 1827 and 1838, his watercolours became the 435 plates of \u003cem\u003eThe Birds of America\u003c\/em\u003e, etched and aquatinted in London, most of them by Robert Havell Jr., printed on “double elephant” sheets of about 100 × 66 cm and coloured by hand, one by one. \u003ca href=\"\/en-ca\/blogs\/news\/the-birds-of-america-the-story-behind-the-worlds-most-expensive-book\"\u003eRead the story of the book\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eYour print\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRestored from a high-definition scan of the original hand-coloured plate, keeping the warm tone of the old paper\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted in Europe on thick archival matte paper, FSC certified\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrom A4 to A0, plus 40×60, 50×70, 60×90 and 70×100 cm and 12×18 to 27×40 inch sizes, all made for standard frames\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFree shipping, no minimum order. 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