“The reason the prints are so large is that Audubon wanted to present all the birds at life size,” explains Scott Krafft, curator of the Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections. “This ...

John James Audubon was an American artist and naturalist best known for his detailed paintings of North American birds. Audubon’s color-plate book The Birds of America (1827–1839), is widely acclaimed ...

Six of Audubon's striking prints are on display in the Museum's Birds gallery. If you've seen the film, you'll immediately recognise the pink plumage of the greater flamingo alongside one of the most ...