Great Auk
Great Auk (Pinguinus impennis) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCCXLI) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr..
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Where it works
Two Great Auks, black-backed and white-fronted, one upright on a rock and one swimming, in green sea under cliffs, in Audubon's plate on cream. The extinct bird suits a study, a den or a coastal hallway on grey or dark green at 16×24 landscape in black, with his Razor Bill.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- black, white, dark green, grey
- Mood
- dramatic, nostalgic
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, 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).
