Greater Bird-of-Paradise Print, Antique Tropical Bird Wall Art, Vintage Brehm Ornithology Illustration
13x18 cm / 5x7″
£16.64
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The greater bird-of-paradise is famous for the male’s spectacular golden and white display plumes, used in elaborate courtship performances high in the forest canopy. This restored c.1882 Brehm plate captures two birds in a lush tropical setting, making it a showpiece for bird lovers, maximalist interiors, tropical gallery walls, and antique ornithology collections.
A restored natural-history wall art print from the FF Museum Plate series, created from an original antique book plate in our own scanned source archive. Each print is carefully digitised, cleaned, colour-balanced, and re-composed on warm ivory museum-style paper, preserving the character of the original illustration while giving it a refined presentation for modern interiors. Designed for gallery walls, studies, reading rooms, bedrooms, hallways, creative spaces, and collector interiors, these prints work beautifully as standalone pieces or as part of a larger natural-history wall art arrangement. They are especially suited to vintage-inspired homes, botanical and zoological collections, library walls, period interiors, and layered gallery walls mixing antique prints, maps, landscapes, portraits, and framed ephemera. The FF Museum Plate series is not a raw scan collection. Each artwork has been restored and re-presented as a clean museum-style reproduction, with the original illustration left intact. We do not repaint, recolour, modernise, or invent detail. The aim is to preserve the historical charm of the antique plate while making it ready for framing, display, and everyday enjoyment.
This print is ideal for anyone building a natural-history gallery wall, adding a quiet vintage companion piece to an existing collection, or looking for refined wall art with a sense of history, science, and old-world character.
Source and provenance: Digitised from an original antique natural-history volume in the FF archive.
Please note:
This is a newly produced reproduction print, not an original antique book page. Frame and props are not included unless specifically stated. Our Master's Edition archival paper, in off-white and uncoated, offers museum-quality for art enthusiasts seeking a luxurious way to enjoy world-class artworks: Paper Finishing: Matte, uncoated, natural white (off-white).
Acid-Free: pH above 7 to prevent yellowing over time.
Paper Weight: 250 gsm (110 lb), Thickness: 0.29 mm (11.4 mils).
Available Sizes: 29 sizes in inches (US&CA) and cms (rest of the world).
Sustainable Paper: FSC-certified paper for sustainability.
Learn about paper types and their unique textures and finishes here.
No minimum orders, printed and shipped on demand.
Greater Bird-of-Paradise Print, Antique Tropical Bird Wall Art, Vintage Brehm Ornithology Illustration
£16.64