This past weekend Jennifer and I visited our local North Carolina Museum of Art and came across a spectacular exhibit of I hadn't been aware. The state, through a fortuitous purchase in 1846, possesses no less than four complete sets of John J. Audubon's breathtaking "Double Elephant Folio" with 435 prints of a majority of North American species. Through 2016, visitors can be in the presence of all four. Plates (obviously only four being visible) are changed quarterly, and we thrilled to the images of Carolina Parakeets, White Headed Dove, Hairy Woodpecker (and friends) and the Clapper Rail. The volumes are in an extended process of restoration -- thankfully! as many plates had been separated from their volumes for reasons baffling to me. I believe I read that only 134 of the original 200 volumes exist, and not many can be seen by the public. What a treasure! and only a few miles from my home. In the area? hurry and see!
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
A Thrilling Discovery Near Home
This past weekend Jennifer and I visited our local North Carolina Museum of Art and came across a spectacular exhibit of I hadn't been aware. The state, through a fortuitous purchase in 1846, possesses no less than four complete sets of John J. Audubon's breathtaking "Double Elephant Folio" with 435 prints of a majority of North American species. Through 2016, visitors can be in the presence of all four. Plates (obviously only four being visible) are changed quarterly, and we thrilled to the images of Carolina Parakeets, White Headed Dove, Hairy Woodpecker (and friends) and the Clapper Rail. The volumes are in an extended process of restoration -- thankfully! as many plates had been separated from their volumes for reasons baffling to me. I believe I read that only 134 of the original 200 volumes exist, and not many can be seen by the public. What a treasure! and only a few miles from my home. In the area? hurry and see!
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