Engraved by William Home Lizars in Edinburgh in 1827, this plate represents the genesis of John James Audubon's monumental Birds of America. Depicting the Bonaparte Flycatcher perched on a flowering balsam branch, the composition showcases Audubon's revolutionary approach to ornithological illustration, combining scientific precision with dramatic, lifelike movement. Lizars' masterfully executed copperplate engraving captures the delicate plumage and botanical details with architectural clarity. Every format, including our archival canvas, is finished with a consistent, clean white gallery border that floats the artwork in standard proportions with no cropping, ensuring a refined, gallery-ready presentation that honors the original folio dimensions.
About Your Border
Every format — Fine Art Print, Framed Fine Art Print, Canvas and Framed Canvas — is supplied with a clean white gallery border framing the image on all four sides. The border is sized in proportion to the piece — approximately 10% of the shortest edge on each side (for example, about 3 cm of white border on a 30 cm-wide piece) — so the artwork keeps its standard proportions with no cropping and is ready to hang or frame straight away. If you prefer, you can also place your own mount/mat on top.
Would you like a different border width, a borderless full-bleed version, or any other adjustment? Just let us know within 24 hours of ordering and we'll tailor it for you at no extra cost.
