At first glance, Walton Ford’s large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals recall the prints of 19th-century illustrators John James Audubon and Edward Lear. A closer look reveals a complex and , full of , and quality of traditional natural history. In this stunning but sinister visual universe, : a wild turkey crushes a small parrot in its claw; a troupe of monkeys wreaks havoc on a formal dinner table; an American buffalo is surrounded by bloodied white wolves. In , the images impress as much for their impeccable realism as they do for their complex narratives. First available as a signed and limited volume, this of is , with , more than 120 additional pages, and a . It features dazzling details, an , a complete biography, and excerpts from his textual inspirations: from Indian folktales and the letters of Benjamin Franklin to the and Audubon’s