White Margate & Inshore Lizardfish
White Margate & Inshore Lizardfish (Haemulon album & Synodus foetens) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Vol. II (Pl. 2) · Mark Catesby · 1734–1743.
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Where it works
Catesby's white margate, a deep-bodied blue-grey fish, lies beside a slim dark lizardfish with small pale fins, on aged cream. Cool and restrained for a bathroom, a coastal kitchen or a study at 24×16 in a black frame, with his Great Barracuda and Bonefish.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique natural-history plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Landscape
- Palette
- grey, teal, charcoal, cream
- Mood
- calm, scholarly
- Rooms
- kitchen, bathroom, study or library
- Good gift for
- him, anglers
Size. We'd hang this one at 24×16. Prints at 18×12, 24×16 in — 18×12 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 24×16 above a console or sideboard.
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.
