Natural History Museum by E. McKnight Kauffer Art Print

Natural History Museum by E. McKnight Kauffer Art Print'Too safe,' said nobody standing in front of this rainbow arc. It is a 1923 London Underground poster by E. McKnight Kauffer, sending visitors off to the Natural History Museum with a black mammoth, a rising sun and a fanned rainbow above. Hung in a hallway or study, the room gains a bit of theatre and a clear point of focus the moment you walk in. Best on a quieter wall where the colour can do the talking above a console, in a stairwell, or behind a

It gives a quiet room a point of view — wit

and even better in rooms that don't — the colour does the work

leather and a bit of brass

Before anyone mentions travel-poster nostalgia

It works best in a study

Its striking typography commands attention and adds a modern edge to any room

Three things it does fast: ground warm cream walls

You need one frog with teeth

The white ground keeps everything light

and walls in cream

A bold typographic quote print in the style of a vintage Penguin paperback

loosely painted in warm browns