Deer Shield
Deer Shield (Pluteus cervinus) — Coloured Figures of English Fungi or Mushrooms · James Sowerby · 1797.
The plate fills the paper, edge to edge.
Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Printed to order, arrives in 4–9 business days
- Ships to the US, Canada, the UK, Ireland, 16 countries in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and Singapore
- Arrives perfect or we reprint it, free
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Where it works
Sowerby's deer shield, broad dark-brown streaked caps over a white stem, with pink-gilled sections, hand-colored on an aged cream page. Muted and sculptural, it suits a kitchen, a study or a hallway at 12×18 in a black frame, with his Brown Rollrim.
Size, framing & materials
- Style
- Antique mycology plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- grey, blush pink, cream, chocolate brown
- Mood
- calm, earthy
- Rooms
- kitchen, hallway or entryway, study or library
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, cooks
Size. We'd hang this one at 12×18. Prints at 12×18 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid. See it to scale on your wall →
Framing. Choose Full-bleed for the plate edge to edge in a slim black or dark wood frame, or the White-mat border for a classic gallery look. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other botanical prints (10% off three or more).
- Restored in-house from the original public-domain plate, cleaned and colour-trued at museum resolution
- Museum-quality archival paper: heavyweight, acid-free, resists yellowing
- Framed option: wood frame in black or dark 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
Which versions are there?
About this plate: Sowerby’s English fungi by plate number, with the name each goes by today
