Scorpions & Snake, Plate 70
Scorpions & Snake, Plate 70 — Locupletissimi rerum naturalium thesauri, Vol. I · Albertus Seba · 1734.
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This print
Where it works
Seba's plate 70 shows seven tan scorpions of varied size with raised tails, a fern frond and a coiled spotted snake, on cream with a label. A cabinet oddity for a study, hallway or bar wall on olive, charcoal or ochre walls at 16×24 in black, beside his bat plates.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- ochre, sage, grey, cream
- Mood
- scholarly, moody
- Rooms
- hallway or entryway, study or library, home bar
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. Hangs alone or as a matched pair; three or more prints are 10% off.
