Spotless Egret by John Gould Canvas Print

Yes, John Gould knew how to charm a room and how to cut. This is a hand-coloured lithograph of two spotless egrets at the water’s edge, from his nineteenth-century Birds of Australia. The birds sit against a warm cream ground with soft olive reeds and sandy brown banks. Hang it in a bedroom, study or hallway where you want a quiet natural note without going full country cottage. It works above a low console, a headboard or a reading chair, and pairs kindly with linen, aged leather, oak or walnut and stoneware in earthy tones. Keep the wall around it fairly calm busy floral wallpaper or heavy pattern will fight the delicate linework.