Queen Triggerfish
Queen Triggerfish (Balistes vetula) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. II (Pl. 22) · Mark Catesby · 1734–1743.
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Where it works
Catesby's queen triggerfish, scaled in bronze brown with bright blue stripes on its face and blue-edged fins trailing long tips, alone on aged cream. Patterned and coastal for a bathroom, a kitchen or a beach house at 24×16 in dark wood, with Bloch's French Angelfish.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- chocolate brown, teal, cornflower blue, cream
- Mood
- graphic, bold
- Rooms
- kitchen, bathroom
- Good gift for
- him, anglers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
Framing. A slim black or dark wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject.
Pairing. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
