Arctic Yager
Arctic Yager (Stercorarius parasiticus) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCLXVII) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1835.
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This print
Where it works
Audubon's Arctic Jaegers, one sweeping down with long tail streamers, one standing on dark rocks above sea cliffs and pale sky, nearly filling the sheet. Dramatic and coastal for a study, a hallway or above a sofa on a grey or white wall at 24×36 in black, with his Jager.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- charcoal, white, cornflower blue, grey
- Mood
- dramatic, airy
- Rooms
- living room, hallway or entryway, study or library, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other bird prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
