American Robin (Catesby)
American Robin (Turdus migratorius) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 29) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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Where it works
Catesby's robin, an orange-breasted bird with a dark head and white eye-ring, passes a weathered stump on a snakeroot vine of arrow-shaped leaves, on a wide cream page. Friendly in a kitchen, a nursery or a hallway at 24×16 in dark wood, with Audubon's American Robin.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- orange, chocolate brown, sage, cream
- Mood
- warm, fresh
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. A slim black or dark wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other bird prints (10% off three or more).
