A rufous-brown jay with distinctive blue-black wing markings perches on a delicate branch rendered in soft graphite, its head turned in profile with an alert, watchful expression. The composition uses warm earth tones against a pale cream ground, rendered in the precise ornithological style of early nineteenth-century natural history illustration. In a naturalist's study, a Victorian-inspired library, or alongside other classical bird specimens. A Baltic birch top with a beveled edge and satin finish, the artwork printed across it, made to order on steel legs in black or gold. A working piece of furniture that earns its place as an independent artist's work.