Black-faced Grassquit
Black-faced Grassquit (Melanospiza bicolor) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 37) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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Where it works
Catesby's grassquit, a small dark olive bird with a black face, sits below a pale pink trumpet flower on a branch of rounded green leaflets, on cream. Light and delicate for a bathroom, a bedroom or a guest room at 16×24 in dark wood, with his Painted Bunting.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- sage, blush pink, charcoal, cream
- Mood
- airy, calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, bathroom, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
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).
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.
