Witch Hazel & Centipede
Witch Hazel & Centipede (Hamamelis virginiana) — The Natural History of Carolina, Florida and the Bahama Islands, Appendix (Pl. 2) · Mark Catesby · 1747.
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Where it works
Catesby's witch hazel, a branch of toothed green leaves and thin yellow spidery flowers, rises above a long centipede on a brown log, on aged cream. Woodland and curious for a study, a cabin or a home office at 18×24 in dark wood, with his Mountain Laurel.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Antique botanical plate
- Era
- 19th century
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- forest green, butter yellow, chocolate brown, cream
- Mood
- earthy, scholarly
- Rooms
- study or library, home office, kitchen, bathroom, bedroom
- Good gift for
- plant lovers, her
Size. We'd hang this one at 18×24. Prints at 12×16, 18×24 in — 12×16 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 18×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway.
Framing. A slim black or dark wood frame right to the plate edge; the plate's own margin frames the subject.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other botanical 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.
