Great Blue Heron, John James Audubon Fine Art Postcard

Plate 43 from Birds of America, 1834 John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 2, 1851) was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, hunter, and painter. He painted, catalogued, and described the birds of North America in a form far superior to what had gone before. His Birds of America is the most valuable book in the world. There are only about 120 copies of the original, and a copy in good condition is worth 8 million dollars. The first buyers of this painting included King George IV of England and King Charles I of France. Artistic animal fine art nature Realism landscape still life painting.