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Fine-art American Crow plate in the Audubon style. The familiar black bird, rendered with the gloss and intelligence it carries in life.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
A single crow on cream. The plate catches him in the light that reveals what plain black conceals: blue at the wing, violet at the shoulder, the gloss of a bird that carries all the colour the sun offers and returns none of it.
Corvus brachyrhynchos is the most widespread black bird on the continent and, in the view of most field ornithologists, among the most intelligent. The standard crow caw is not one call but a vocabulary, its rapid alarm broadcast read and acted on by squirrels, songbirds, and anyone who has learned to listen. When a crow finds a roosting owl in daylight, it recruits. One calls, a dozen arrive, and the mobbing continues until the predator gives up the roost. That is not noise. That is enforcement.
The social structure is equally unusual. Young from previous seasons routinely stay with the family and help raise their younger siblings. Studies in New York found helpers at more than 80 per cent of observed nests, some birds remaining as auxiliaries for six years before breeding on their own. The crow in this plate wears plain dress and carries a complicated life behind it.
Rendered in the close, unhurried tradition of Audubon’s original Birds of America plates, where a single bird on an open ground is reason enough for a composition.
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to A2) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
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