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A print of “Great Blue Heron” by John James Audubon on your wall
The steel blue of the feathers, the green of the reeds and a pearly sky - Audubon's Great Blue Heron is the calm of a view over water at dawn. The picture works in a bedroom with grey bedding and pale oak, in a bathroom with stone tiles and teak, in a Scandinavian-style study, and in a lakeside hotel room. The proportion of the plate is vertical; a narrow, tall crop heightens the tension in the bird's bent silhouette. On Dibond the matt surface conveys the chalky character of the hand-coloured etching and does not reflect light from the window, while the Dispa board version is light, eco-friendly and good value in larger formats. A print of The Birds of America without standard sizes: in the artMonte configurator you enter your own dimensions and the print is made for your wall.
John James Audubon (1785-1851)
Great Blue Heron
About the artwork
A blue-grey heron leans over the water with its neck bent into a tight loop, ready to strike with its beak; behind it stretches a low shoreline landscape with a bright sky. Audubon kept to his rule of drawing birds at a scale of 1:1, so he had to bend such a large bird to fit it on the sheet. Plate 211 appeared in 1834 in The Birds of America, a series of 435 etchings coloured by hand in Robert Havell's London workshop. The original print is nearly a metre tall.
- Artist
- John James Audubon
- Original title
- Great Blue Heron (The Birds of America, Plate CCXI)
- Year
- 1834
- Medium
- Hand-colored engraving and aquatint (R. Havell), ca. 97 x 65 cm, The Birds of America, plate 211
“Great Blue Heron” in an interior
Visualisations on sample walls: a panel print and a full-wall wallpaper. Click to enlarge.
Frequently asked questions about printing “Great Blue Heron”
Which materials can I order a print of “Great Blue Heron” on?
Your options: Dibond 3 mm, Clear acrylic glass 5 mm, Foam PVC board 5 mm, Foam PVC board 10 mm, Dispa board 3,8 mm, Smooth wallpaper 350 g/m², Linen wallpaper Premium 270 g/m², Shell wallpaper 290 g/m², Cotton canvas 400 g/m², Framed print black frame, Framed print silver frame, Framed print gold frame. Rigid materials arrive ready to hang; wallpaper comes in 50 cm panels.
What size can “Great Blue Heron” be printed in?
Any size - you enter the width and height in centimetres (from 20 cm up to 200 × 200 cm on boards, up to 750 × 350 cm as wallpaper). The file measures 2519 × 3840 px, which allows large-format printing with no loss of sharpness.
Can I print just a detail of “Great Blue Heron”?
Yes. If the proportions of your format differ from the original, you drag the frame on the preview and choose the detail that will go on your wall. The price is recalculated automatically.
How much does a reproduction of “Great Blue Heron” cost?
From €16.00 - the price depends on the material and the area (price per m² × dimensions, never less than the material's minimum price). You see the exact amount in the configurator once you enter the size.
Is a reproduction of “Great Blue Heron” legal?
Yes. The work by John James Audubon (1834) is in the public domain, and the file comes from museum collections released under a CC0 / public domain licence.
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