Stanley Goldfinch

by John James Audubon

Bring a little piece of the natural history of America into your collection. This amazing print depicting the beautiful Stanley Goldfinch, created by the legendary John James Audubon, is an outstanding example of the mastery and excellence of America's best-known artist-naturalist. Published in the very desirable Royal Octavo Edition (around 1840-1870s), this original hand-colored lithograph perfectly reproduces the delicate beauty of North American songbirds' life.

Created by the best lithographer of his times, J.T. Bowen from Philadelphia, the Plate 185 presents the amazing yellow and olive green feathers of the Stanley Goldfinch (also known as black-chinned siskin) resting gracefully on the picturesque native plants. Audubon's innovative method of wiring recently caught birds to a grid allowed him to depict nature like nobody else did.