Griffon Vulture by John Gould Art Print

In the 1830s, this would have felt radical. It still does. A calm, quiet study of a Griffon Vulture, drawn with the patient eye of a Victorian naturalist and kept in soft cream, warm brown and charcoal. Hang it in a study or hallway and the room gains a bit of scholarly weight the sort of wall that makes you slow down and look. It sits well above a leather chair, a writing desk or a run of low bookshelves, and pairs happily with worn spines, brass lamps and stoneware. Keep the wall around it fairly quiet chalky off-white, clay or a soft warm grey and let the bird do the talking. Avoid busy pattern nearby.