Bufflehead (Drake)
Bufflehead (Drake) (Bucephala albeola) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 95) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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Where it works
Catesby's bufflehead drake, white with a black back and an iridescent purple-green head with a white patch, stands on orange feet, on a wide cream page. Small and graphic for a bathroom, a lake house or a hallway at 36×24 in a black frame, with his Bufflehead hen.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- white, black, purple, cream
- Mood
- graphic, playful
- Rooms
- bathroom, hallway or entryway, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
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).
