Common Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk (Chordeiles minor) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 8) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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Where it works
Catesby's nighthawk, a mottled dark brown bird with white wing bars, rises open-beaked toward a mole cricket above it on a tall cream page. Graphic and a little strange, it suits a study or a hallway at 24×16 in a black frame, beside Audubon's Eastern Whip-poor-will.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- chocolate brown, charcoal, cream
- Mood
- moody, graphic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, 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).
