Try it above the writing desk; the vertical will do the editing. Most of this piece is quiet cream space, so it gives a busy wall somewhere to breathe while the small olive-green and mustard bird holds your eye at close range. Hang it at eye level where people sit or pass slowly a study, a hallway, a bedside wall. Pair it with dark wood, painted shelving, aged leather and a few plain ceramics. Avoid crowding it with large bright graphics or heavy patterned wallpaper; the detail is fine and needs room around it. On fine-art paper the engraved line and hand-coloured feathers stay crisp and close to the original plate.