Passenger Pigeon
Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius) — The Birds of America (Pl. LXII) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1830.
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Where it works
Audubon's passenger pigeons, the slate-blue female above feeding the rose-breasted male below on a bare oak branch, on a cream page. The now-extinct bird gives the plate weight in a study, a library or a hallway at 16×24 in a black frame, and it sits well with his Carolina Parakeet.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cornflower blue, blush pink, cream, chocolate brown
- Mood
- nostalgic, scholarly
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. Choose Full-bleed for the plate edge to edge in a slim black or dark wood frame, or the White-mat border for a classic gallery look. Also available gallery-wrapped on canvas, ready to hang with no frame.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other bird prints (10% off three or more).
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About this design
The Madten promise
About this plate: Audubon’s Birds of America by plate number
