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Fine-art Northern Cardinal pair plate in the Audubon style. The crimson male and the warm fawn female, together on one branch.
Each print is made to order. You can cancel within 12 hours of ordering, after which it goes into production and cannot be cancelled. Secure checkout via Stripe.
On a berried branch, in the restrained palette of John James Audubon’s Birds of America: the crimson male beside the warm fawn female, her buff-brown wings touched with rose, the same heavy coral bill, the same raised crest. Two birds, two colours, one branch. It is the most compositionally honest portrait of Cardinalis cardinalis there is.
Cardinal pairs bond strongly and often for years. They are among the earliest songbirds to begin the breeding season, with pair formation documented in southern populations as early as December. Through summer the male feeds the female while she incubates, then turns to feeding their fledglings while she begins the next clutch. A garden with the right low cover may see three or four young cardinals from the same pair in a single season.
What the composition catches, without declaring it, is that the female is not an afterthought. She wears the same crest, holds the same posture, and - unusually for a North American songbird - sings. Her song is slightly longer and more complex than the male’s. He is brighter. She is not quieter.
The pair plate follows Audubon’s compositional practice of placing two birds at slightly different elevations on a single botanical branch, with open space around them. It is a format that asks the eye to move between the two. The print does the same.
Made in the tradition of Audubon, on archival paper, to last.
Each print is made to order through our global print partner and shipped from the production lab nearest you - allow a few days for printing plus local tracked delivery.
Each print is made to order. You can change or cancel it within 12 hours of ordering. After that it goes into production and can no longer be cancelled, though we will always put right anything that arrives damaged.
The available sizes (up to A2) and any framed finishes are shown above. Choose yours before checkout.
Yes - each print is sized to fit standard frames. Framed finishes are offered on many prints.
Because each print is made to order, contact us within 14 days of delivery and we will put it right.
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