Engraved by Robert Havell in 1827 after John James Audubon’s seminal watercolor, 'Carolina Pigeon or Turtle Dove' represents a pinnacle of Classical natural history illustration. Originally published as Plate 17 in the monumental folio The Birds of America, this composition captures a pair of mourning doves in an intimate, botanically precise setting of flowering dogwood. Havell’s masterful aquatint engraving translates Audubon’s dynamic, lifelike observation into a refined graphic masterpiece, balancing scientific accuracy with dramatic neoclassical composition. Every format of this archival reproduction is finished with a consistent, clean white gallery border that floats the artwork in standard proportions without cropping, ensuring a refined, gallery-ready presentation that honors the architectural integrity of the original plate.
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.
