Summer Tanager (Catesby)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. I (Pl. 56) · Mark Catesby · 1729–1732.
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Where it works
Catesby's summer tanager, rose-red all over, perches before broad dark green sycamore leaves and a round brown seed ball, on a tall cream page. The red and deep green warm a living room or a dining room at 24×36 in dark wood, with Audubon's Summer Tanager.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- red, forest green, chocolate brown, cream
- Mood
- warm, bold
- Rooms
- living room, dining room, nursery, hallway or entryway, kids room
- Good gift for
- bird lovers
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. The label ground is its own mat: a slim black or dark wood frame, no extra mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other bird prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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The full-bleed edition
The same plate printed edge-to-edge, filling the whole sheet — bold and immersive.
