Canada Lily & Dung Beetles
Canada Lily & Dung Beetles (Lilium canadense) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Appendix (Pl. 11) · Mark Catesby · 1747.
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Where it works
Catesby's Canada lily, a crown of nodding yellow speckled bells on a tall whorled stem, rises from a cut-away band of soil where two dung beetles roll dung, on aged cream. Bright and curious for a hallway or a kids room at 18×24 in dark wood, with Redouté's Martagon Lily.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique botanical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- butter yellow, sage, terracotta, cream
- Mood
- playful, fresh
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, kids room, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 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 botanical 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.
