The Breckenridge Project. A suite of etchings created by Walter J. Breckenridge, printed by students from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design

Edition limited to 25 copies, portfolio approx. 15" x 12" containing a letterpress title page and 16 ornithological etchings, each numbered and signed by the various printers in pencil, and each printed from an original Breckenridge copper plate. The printers included Jennifer Bowman; Monica Brosi; Brittany Lynn Egli; Hayley Fisher; Josh Heffelfinger; Nikki Ivanovsky-Schow; Kadi Melissa Kaelin; Nina Keim; Mercedes Knapp; Kevin Martin; Josh Meillier; Taylor Mund; Xochitl Perez; Isaac Ruder; Rebeca Solares; and Linda Tran, all under the tutelage of the late Jody Williams, instructor at Minnesota College of Art and Design. Breckenridge (1903-2003) a noted conservationist and ornithologist, was also the director at the James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History at the University of Minnesota (1946-1970), and he wrote and illustrated numerous articles and books on natural history. The copper plates, featuring exquisite images of native Minnesota wildlife were loaned to Jody Williams at MCAD by the Breckenridge family, through the kindness of John Moriarty, the Senior Manager for Wildlife at Three Rivers Park District, and an honorary fellow of the Bell Museum. University of Minnesota only in OCLC. There is also a copy at Minnesota Historical.…