American Quadrupeds

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These facsimiles are after lithographs from John James Audubon’s famous work, The Vivaparous Quadrupeds of North America. The original prints were hand-colored, stone lithographs produced by the lithography firm of John R. Bowen of Philadelphia. It required four years, between 1845-1848, to assemble and produce this monumental portfolio. There were 150 animal prints produced for each portfolio and less than 300 portfolios were completed. No similar work on animals has ever been done whether measured by size or quality. They remain the largest animal prints available and certainly some of the finest ever crafted.

Butterflies

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) was the French naturalist perhaps most responsible for the rise of European interest in natural history during the eighteenth century. Buffon was born into the wealth and prestige of the French aristocracy and was educated in law and medicine, but his real interest was nature. These two butterfly prints are reproductions from engravings found in his Historie Naturelle, a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world.

Crustacea

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The Crustacea series consists of fourteen never before seen images of lobsters, crabs, crawfish, octopus, squid and shrimp. These exceptionally accurate reproductions were taken from original, large format watercolors painted in 1996 and 1997 by Becci Velasquez. A gifted watercolorist, Ms. Velasquez studied medical illustration and received her Masters Degree from the University of Georgia. Her style is evocative of the most gifted 17th and 18th century European natural history illustrators.

 

After Description de L'Egypte
Histoire Naturelle

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Originally created by command of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Histoire Naturelle volume of Description de L'Egypte was filled with striking engravings made from original works of art created by some of the most famous French illustrators of the early 19th century, including Jacques Barraband and Geoffroy St. Hilaire. Presented here are ten reproduction prints from this famous and incredibly detailed work documenting the wildlife of Egypt.

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Elephants

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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788) was the French naturalist perhaps most responsible for the rise of European interest in natural history during the eighteenth century. Buffon was born into the wealth and prestige of the French aristocracy and was educated in law and medicine, but his real interest was nature. These two elephant prints are reproductions from engravings found in his Historie Naturelle, a 44 volume encyclopedia describing everything known about the natural world.

Also presented are 4 elephant prints reproduced from hand-colored lithographs found in the work Naturhistorische Bilder Gallerie aus dem Theirreiche lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann and originally published circa 1824. Swiss-born Brodtmann was an expert lithographer considered one of the most accomplished of the early 19th century.

Lion, Rhinocerous, Elephant

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French naturalist Bernard-Germain-Etienne Delaville, Comte de Lacepede (1756-1825), was a professor of zoology at the Musee d'Histoire Naturelle (Museum of Natural History) in Paris. Influenced by Georges Louis Marie Leclerc, comte de Buffon, Lacepede published a number of books on zoology. In 1800, he published La Menagerie du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, which documented quadrupeds, reptiles and amphibians in the museum's menagerie collection. The descriptive text was written by Lacepede and his colleague Georges L. C., Baron Cuvier (1769-1832), who established the extinction of past animal and plant species and contributed research in vertebrate and invertebrate zoology and paleontology. Beaux Arts presents reproductions of the fine copper plate engravings that were rendered from illustrations created by the most eminent natural history artists of the period, Nicolas Marechal (1753-1803), Nicolas Huet (1770-1830) and Leon de Wailly (1801-1824), and executed by Simon Charles Miger, a very talented Paris engraver.

Tigers

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These beautiful tiger prints were reproduced from hand-colored lithographs found in the work Naturhistorische Bilder Gallerie aus dem Theirreiche lithographed by Karl Joseph Brodtmann and originally published circa 1824. Swiss-born Brodtmann was an expert lithographer considered one of the most accomplished of the early 19th century.