Robert E. Hall Donates Limited Edition Audubon Plate Image Print to IRSC
Robert E. Hall Donates Limited Edition Audubon Plate Image Print to IRSC
June 23, 2021 Suzanne Seldes
At the June 2021 meeting of the IRSC District Board of Trustees, Robert E. Hall unveiled his gift to the Ā鶹app River State College Foundation, a limited edition image of Audubonās āGreat Blue Heronā produced by Zebra Publishing LLC in association with the National Audubon Society.
āJohn James Audubon is considered one of Americaās most preeminent artists and naturalists of the 19th century,ā shares IRSC President Dr. Timothy Moore. āAudobonās birds are truly a national treasure. We grateful to Mr. Hall for donating this āAudubon Centennial Editionā āBirds of Americaā print, and we are honored to display it here at the College.ā
In creating the āAudubon Centennial Edition,ā each original Havell-engraved Audubon print was captured as a first-generation plate image print, which then underwent an exceedingly sophisticated restoration process. The finished GiclĆ©e plate image print was meticulously restored to the beauty and brilliance when originally hand-painted by Havell and his artisans. Each plate image print is created to its exact original dimensions on superior archival paper and is pencil signed and numbered.
In describing the Louisiana Heron that inspired āGreat Blue Heron,ā Audobon wrote, āDelicate in form, beautiful in plumage, and graceful in its movements, I never see this interesting Heron, without calling it the Lady of the Waters. Watch its motions, as it leisurely walks over the pure sand beaches of the coast of Florida, arrayed in the full beauty of its spring plumage.ā
