Double-crested Cormorant
Double-crested Cormorant (Nannopterum auritum) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCLVII) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1835.
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Where it works
Audubon's double-crested cormorant, a glossy green-black bird with an orange face standing on a yellow-brown rock before a pale blue coast with distant birds, filling the page. Dark and sculptural, it suits a coastal study or bathroom on navy or white walls at 24×36 in black, with his Black-bellied Darter.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- dark green, black, ochre, cornflower blue
- Mood
- bold, moody
- Rooms
- bathroom, study or library, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. A slim black or natural wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other bird prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
