Semipalmated Snipe, or Willet
Semipalmated Snipe, or Willet (Tringa semipalmata) — The Birds of America (Pl. CCLXXIV) · John James Audubon, engraved by Robert Havell Jr. · 1835.
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Where it works
Audubon's Willets, one raising its wings to show the black-and-white bars, the other wading on a sandy bank among grass, on cream with a museum label. A grey, low-contrast landscape plate for a coastal bedroom, a bathroom or a white hallway at 16×24 in natural wood, with his Turn-stone.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 1827–1848 (Audubon)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- grey, white, sage, ochre
- Mood
- calm, airy
- Rooms
- bedroom, 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).
