Blue Pitta

Name: Blue Pitta — Specimen
Brand: Madten
SKU: anim-blue-pitta-gould-specimen
Availability: InStock

Hydrornis cyaneus

Blue Pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) — The Birds of Asia · John Gould · 1850–1883.

Size2:3 ratio

Frame

$59Unframed print · made to order

📦 Free shipping on every order, arriving in 4–9 business days with production included. Express ($14.90) at checkout arrives in 4–6 business days.

Complete the setHangs well with these two

This print

Blue Pitta

Mangrove Pitta

Yellow-billed Blue Magpie

3 × $59 at 16 × 24 in, unframed = $177 → $159.30 as a set · 10% included · free shipping

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Giclée-printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper

Free shipping worldwide · arrives in 4–9 business days

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free

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Where it works

Gould's blue pittas, two birds with cobalt wings, rust caps and black-spotted cream breasts, standing on a rock below broad green leaves on a pale page. Blue and tidy, it suits a bedroom, a bathroom or a boy's room at 16×24 in natural wood, next to his Mangrove Pitta.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Antique natural-history plate
Era: 1840s–1870s (Gould)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cornflower blue, terracotta, cream, forest green
Mood: fresh, calm
Rooms: bedroom, bathroom, kids room, hallway or entryway
Good gift for: bird lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. 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. The label ground is its own mat: a slim black or natural wood frame, no extra mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other bird prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Restored in-house from the original plate — cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

About this design

Blue Pitta (Hydrornis cyaneus) — The Birds of Asia · John Gould · 1850–1883. This is a restored public-domain natural-history plate, set on a soft cream ground with a typeset caption — a self-contained gallery print, printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Animals Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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The Madten promise

Gallery-grade archival giclée. Rich pigment inks on heavyweight fine-art paper (or gallery-wrapped canvas) — built to last, not a poster-shop print.

Arrives perfect or we reprint it — free. Every piece is made to order; if it shows up damaged or flawed we remake it, no return needed.

Free worldwide shipping. Made & shipped from the facility nearest you — most orders arrive in 4–9 business days.

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