Fork-tail Petrel
Fork-tail Petrel (Hydrobates leucorhous) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCLX) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1835.
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Where it works
Three dark storm petrels skimming a breaking green wave with white foam under a grey sky, in Audubon's Fork-tail Petrel plate on cream with a museum label. The sea drama belongs in a bathroom, coastal bedroom or hallway on white or navy at 16×24 in black, with his Thick-billed Murre.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- dark green, grey, charcoal, white
- Mood
- dramatic, moody
- Rooms
- bedroom, bathroom, hallway or entryway, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. 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.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other bird prints (10% off three or more).
