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Fine-art Great Egret plate in the Audubon style. The tall white heron, plumes raised in display.
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 Great Egret in full breeding display. The long aigrette plumes lifted, fanning from the back like white lace. The yellow bill clean against a pale ground. The black legs set firm beneath the whole tall, extravagant column of a bird.
Ardea alba spans up to 170 centimetres in flight and stands close to a metre tall on the shore. In breeding season those filamentous back plumes, called aigrettes, grow up to 50 centimetres long - and they appear for only a few weeks each spring, raised during courtship and then shed. That brevity made them valuable. At the market’s peak, aigrettes were worth twice their weight in gold, and Great Egrets were stripped from their colonies wholesale, shot on the nest so the plumes could be taken undamaged. Their nestlings died in the trees above.
The campaign to end that trade founded the modern bird-protection movement. The Great Egret’s silhouette became its symbol. The oldest banded bird on record, logged in Ohio, lived 22 years and 10 months - decades after the species came close to vanishing entirely.
The plate catches the bird at its most alive. Wings at rest, plumes at full extension, posture held. There is patience in the stance and something else too - the sheer confidence of a bird that does not flinch.
A plate in the tradition of Audubon, made for a wall where it can be properly considered.
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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