Blue-winged Teal (Catesby)
Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 99) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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Where it works
Catesby's blue-winged teal, a mottled brown duck with a bright sky-blue wing patch, bends to feed from a rust-brown rock at the water's edge, on cream. Calm and earthy for a lake house or a den at 24×16 in dark wood, with his Blue-winged Teal (White-faced Drake).
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- chocolate brown, cornflower blue, terracotta, cream
- Mood
- calm, earthy
- Rooms
- nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
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).
