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This plate is bold black, white and red on cream, and a careless copy turns the paper grey. Our Audubon Ivory-billed Woodpecker print keeps the whole sheet in a warm cream, so the black stays deep and the red crests bright, as on the Havell plate.
Canvas, framed or paper
Stretched canvas. Printed on cotton canvas and stretched taut over a frame. The edges are mirror-wrapped, so the picture continues around the sides and none of it is lost to the fold.
Framed canvas. The same canvas, set in a black, white, natural wood or dark wood frame 0.83 in deep. The frame gives the work a finished edge and a little more presence on the wall.
Framed print. Printed on fine art matte paper and framed in solid pine, behind shatterproof plexiglass, in black, white, natural wood or dark wood. It arrives ready to hang. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame.
Fine art print. Printed on 310gsm fine art matte paper, for framing your own way. It travels rolled and protected. From 18x24 inch.
Sizes
12x18 inch, 16x24 inch. Framed sizes are measured on the outside of the frame, so the visible painting is a little smaller.
On your wall
Its tall sheet and bold contrast suit a study, a library or a hallway. The black, white and red look striking with charcoal, cream and natural wood, and a black frame suits it.
About the painting
Ivory-billed Woodpecker by John James Audubon
The Birds of America
John James Audubon set out to show every bird in America at its real size, engraved in London and coloured by hand, one plate at a time. This Ivory-billed Woodpecker is plate 66, engraved in 1829. He called it the great chieftain of the woodpecker tribe.
There goes a Vandyke
Its bold black, white and carmine always reminded him of the paintings of Van Dyck. Whenever he saw one fly from tree to tree, in a single graceful sweep, he would think: there goes a Vandyke. Its call, he wrote, sounded like the false high note of a clarinet: pait, pait, pait.
The Lord God Bird
It lived deep in the cypress swamps of the South, and people called it the Lord God Bird. The last sighting everyone accepts was in Louisiana in 1944, and it is now feared extinct.
Read the story
When this bird flew past, Audubon thought of a painting.
Its glossy black, its bold white, the carmine crest of the male and its bright yellow eye reminded him of the great painter Van Dyck.
Whenever I saw one fly from tree to tree, he wrote, I said to myself, there goes a Vandyke!
It lived deep in the cypress swamps of the South, among moss-hung branches and fallen trunks, where frogs croaked, snakes hissed, and alligators bellowed.
It swung from one tree to the next in a single graceful sweep. And its call, he wrote, was like the false high note of a clarinet: pait, pait, pait.
Pressing his head against the bark, he could hear every blow of a pair digging their nest. Twice, when the birds saw him there, they left the hole for ever.
In 1829, in London, his engraver finishes the plate: three of them, two with scarlet crests, climbing a dead trunk.
Audubon called it the great chieftain of the woodpecker tribe. People in the South called it the Lord God Bird.
Then the old swamps were cut down. The last sighting everyone accepts was in Louisiana, in 1944, and today it is feared extinct.
Look at those three, and listen for the call.
Ivory-billed Woodpecker. John James Audubon, 1829.
How each piece is brought to life
Faithful to the original, and made to be felt on your wall.
Graded against the original
We compare every work with the original as we grade it, keeping the artist’s colours true while bringing back their depth and glow. Every mark stays the artist’s own.
Printed for you
Printed to order on cotton canvas or fine art paper, then framed if you chose a frame, in 1 to 3 business days.
On your wall
It arrives 5 to 12 business days later, tracked and free anywhere in the US. Framed pieces come ready to hang.
Questions
Is this the original painting?
No. The original hangs in a museum. What you receive is a fine art reproduction, remastered from the original and printed for you, with every mark where the artist left it.
Will the colour look flat?
This is where most reproductions disappoint, and it is where we spend the most time. Each work is graded side by side with the original: faithful to the artist’s colours, with the depth and warmth brought back, so it moves you on the wall the way it was meant to. Canvas reads a touch softer than a backlit screen, and every screen shows colour a little differently.
Will the edges be cropped?
Each size is a standard frame size, so we fit the painting by trimming a little from its edges. We never stretch or squash it, and we check every size by eye so no face, figure or signature is cut. On canvas the edges are mirror-wrapped, which keeps the whole picture on the front.
Which size is right for my wall?
Aim for about two-thirds the width of the furniture beneath it. Over a sofa or a sideboard, one of the two largest sizes will hold the wall. The size guide lists every size in inches and centimetres, with the kind of wall each one suits.
How long does it take?
Your piece is printed in 1–3 business days, then spends 5–12 business days in transit, tracked all the way. Delivery is free anywhere in the US. We are unable to deliver to PO boxes.
What if it arrives damaged?
Send us a photograph and we will remake it and send it again. There is nothing to return.
Can I return it?
Yes, within 30 days of delivery. Our returns policy has the details.
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Printed to order
Graded against the original, then printed for you on cotton canvas or fine art paper in 1–3 business days.
The whole painting
Every mark is the artist’s own, and canvas edges are mirror-wrapped so the whole picture stays on the front.
Free US shipping
On every order, tracked, 5–12 business days in transit.
30-day returns
Returns and exchanges within 30 days of delivery.
