Back in 1793, this bird study belonged to another kind of home. It was a plate in a natural history book, meant to be pored over at a desk rather than hung on a wall. Put it up and a room gains a quiet, collected feel: the chestnut brown and soft pink read as warm, and the wide cream surround stops it crowding anything. It sits well at eye level in a hallway, above a desk, or on a bedroom wall beside a lamp. Pair it with dark wood, aged leather, linen and a little brass. Don’t hang it next to loud graphic posters or bright modern abstracts the fine detail gets shouted down. As a canvas it arrives stretched over a wooden frame and ready to hang, with a softer, more painterly edge.