Scarlet Tanager
Scarlet Tanager (Piranga olivacea) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCCLIV) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1837.
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This print

Where it works
Audubon's tanager plate: a scarlet bird with black wings at the center, two yellow-and-red western tanagers above, an olive female below, on a leafy stem set small on cream. Hang it in a hallway, a bedroom or a study at 16×24 in a black frame; it partners his Northern Cardinal.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- red, butter yellow, olive, cream
- Mood
- bold, fresh
- Rooms
- bedroom, 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, 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. Choose Full-bleed for the plate edge to edge in a slim black or natural 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).
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.
























