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Audubon Birds in Arts & Crafts Frames — A New Collection

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I've started a new series using John James Audubon's original "Birds of America" plates — all long in the public domain — as the foundation for a set of pieces set within ornate, William Morris-inspired Arts & Crafts borders. The bird illustrations themselves are Audubon's own, preserved as he painted them nearly two centuries ago; the decorative framing and background are new. A few of these birds also carry an interesting footnote: Audubon didn't always get his identifications right, and where that's the case, I've noted the modern name alongside his original.

A pair of barn swallows perched on their mud nest, from Audubon's original plate, framed in an ornate Arts and Crafts border of acanthus leaves and coral florals
Barn Swallow — Audubon Arts & Crafts Bird Print
Plate 133, No. 35. Still known today by the same name Audubon gave it, Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica).
Audubon's Selby's Fly Catcher perched on a flowering pheasant-eye stem, set within a William Morris-inspired Arts and Crafts border
Hooded Warbler (Selby's Fly Catcher) — Audubon Arts & Crafts Bird Print
Plate 9, No. 2. Now identified as a female Hooded Warbler (Setophaga citrina) — Audubon mistook her for a species distinct from the male.
Audubon's Vigors Vireo perched among broad Tradescantia leaves and dark blossoms, framed by an Arts and Crafts border of acanthus scrollwork
Pine Warbler (Vigors Vireo) — Audubon Arts & Crafts Bird Print
Plate 30, No. 6. Now identified as a Pine Warbler (Setophaga pinus), despite the "Vireo" in Audubon's original name.
Audubon's White-headed Eagle grasping a fish on a rocky ledge, in a compact Arts and Crafts frame of gold acanthus leaves and coral florals
Bald Eagle (White-Headed Eagle) — Audubon Arts & Crafts Bird Print
Plate 31, No. 7. Now known as the Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus).
Audubon's iconic Wild Turkey striding through cane and undergrowth, set within an ornate Arts and Crafts border of olive scrollwork and gold floral corners
Wild Turkey — Audubon Arts & Crafts Bird Print
Plate 1, No. 1 — the very first plate Audubon published. Still known today as the Wild Turkey (Meleagris gallopavo).
Two Blue Yellow-back Warblers among iris blossoms and leaves, from Audubon's plate, framed in an Arts and Crafts border of dark green acanthus and coral flowers
Northern Parula (Blue Yellow-Back Warbler) — Audubon Arts & Crafts Bird Print
Plate 15, No. 3. Now known as the Northern Parula (Setophaga americana).

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