Frog & Lizard, Plate 76
Frog & Lizard, Plate 76 — Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri, Vol. I · Albertus Seba · 1734.
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Where it works
Plate 76 from Seba shows a large olive frog and a gray lizard facing each other beneath an arch of green leaves on a bank of blue water, on cream with a label. Leafy and symmetrical, it suits a bathroom or hallway on sage or cream walls at 16×24.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- olive, sage, grey, cream
- Mood
- scholarly, fresh
- Rooms
- bathroom, hallway or entryway
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. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
