Magnolia & Velvet Ant
Magnolia & Velvet Ant (Magnolia virginiana) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Appendix (Pl. 15) · Mark Catesby · 1747.
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Where it works
Catesby's sweetbay magnolia, broad glossy green leaves around one creamy white flower on a pinkish stem, a small red-and-black velvet ant below, on aged cream. Fresh and calm for a bedroom, a dining room or a hallway at 18×24 in dark wood, with his Southern Magnolia.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique botanical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- forest green, ivory, red, cream
- Mood
- fresh, calm
- Rooms
- bedroom, dining room, hallway or entryway, kitchen, bathroom
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
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 botanical prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
Shipping & returns
About this design
The Madten promise
The cream specimen edition
The same plate set on a soft cream ground with a typeset specimen label — a gallery-ready print.
