Sally Lightfoot & Flame Box Crab
Sally Lightfoot & Flame Box Crab (Grapsus grapsus & Calappa flammea) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. II (Pl. 36) · Mark Catesby · 1734–1743.
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This print
Where it works
Two crabs from Catesby, a rust-orange spiny crab with red claws above a broad brown box crab, each topped by a small cone shell, on aged cream. Symmetrical and bold for a beach house, a kitchen or a study at 18×24 in a black frame, with his Purple Land Crab.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- terracotta, chocolate brown, red, cream
- Mood
- graphic, bold
- Rooms
- kitchen, study or library, bathroom
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. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
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.
