Laughing Gull
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 89) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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Where it works
Catesby's laughing gull, white with a black hood, a red bill and long grey wings, steps along a low rock above the water, on a wide cream page. Clean and coastal for a beach house, a bathroom or a kitchen at 36×24 in a black frame, with his Black Skimmer.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- white, grey, black, red
- Mood
- fresh, airy
- Rooms
- kitchen, bathroom, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 36×24. Prints at 18×12, 24×16, 36×24 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard; 36×24 as the statement piece above a sofa or headboard.
Framing. A slim black or dark 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).
