Five-lined Skink & Pond Apple
Five-lined Skink & Pond Apple (Plestiodon fasciatus) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. II (Pl. 67) · Mark Catesby · 1734–1743.
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Where it works
Catesby's five-lined skink, striped with a bright blue tail, lies across a split pond apple of pink flesh and black seeds, under green leaves, on aged cream. Curious and colorful for a kitchen or a kids room at 18×24 in dark wood, with his Green Anole and Sweetgum.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- blush pink, forest green, cornflower blue, cream
- Mood
- playful, fresh
- Rooms
- kitchen, kids room
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. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
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.
