Great Northern Diver or Loon
Great Northern Diver or Loon (Gavia immer) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCCVI) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr..
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Where it works
A loon with a dark green head, red eye and checkered black-and-white back standing in green reeds, a grey juvenile swimming on blue water behind, in Audubon's plate on cream. Lake-house art for a cabin, a bathroom or above a desk at 16×24 in natural wood, with his Red-breasted Merganser.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- black, white, dark green, cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm, graphic
- Rooms
- bathroom, home office, 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).
