Red-breasted Sandpiper
Red-breasted Sandpiper (Calidris canutus) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCCXV) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1836.
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Where it works
A rust-breasted Red Knot standing on a rock beside a grey winter bird, sea and hills behind, in Audubon's Red-breasted Sandpiper plate set on cream. Warm and coastal for a bathroom, a hallway or a beach house on a white wall at 16×24 in natural wood, with his Purple Sandpiper.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- terracotta, grey, white, cornflower blue
- Mood
- calm, warm
- Rooms
- bathroom, hallway or entryway, 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).
