Black Warrior
Black Warrior (Buteo jamaicensis) — The Birds of America (Pl. LXXXVI) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1830.
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Where it works
Two dark brown-black hawks on bare branches, one upright, one peering down with a barred tail, filling the sheet in Audubon's Black Warrior plate. Dark and spare for a study, den or office on cream, grey or charcoal at 24×36 in black with no mat, with his White-headed Eagle.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- charcoal, chocolate brown, grey, cream
- Mood
- moody, dramatic
- Rooms
- study or library, home office, 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.
