[DVOC] DVOC has a great meeting on Thursday, 11/5

[Frank Windfelder]

Not everyone knows that active DVOC Members Jeff Holt and Bert Filemyr have written a book, "The Composite Plates of Audubon's Birds of America", available on Amazon.com.

Here is your opportunity to hear the authors talk about those rare Audubon plates. Don't miss this one!

Program – Jeff Holt and Bert Filemyr, "The Composite Prints of Audubon's Birds of America - The Rarest of the Rare"

In 1838, as John James Audubon’s monumental creation, Birds of America, was nearing completion, he requested that his engraver, Robert Havell, produce 13 extra, unique prints. Havell was instructed to combine images from two separate plates into a single print, commonly known as a “Composite Plate”.

Only two full sets, along with a handful of individual prints, of these rare prints exist today and are rarely if ever seen by the public. 
In this presentation club members Jeff and Bert will provide an overview of John James Audubon the Birds of America project and intaglio printing. Particular emphasis will be on an analysis of the composite plates.
Learn about how and why these unique plates were made.

See you there
Frank

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