Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Catesby)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 65) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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This print

Where it works
Catesby's ruby-throated hummingbird hovers at a trumpet vine of long orange flowers above a spray of pointed green leaflets, on a tall cream page. Light and lively for a kitchen, a nursery or a sunroom at 24×36 in dark wood, with Audubon's Ruby-throated Hummingbird.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- orange, sage, green, cream
- Mood
- playful, airy
- Rooms
- kitchen, nursery, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×36. 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 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).
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.


































