Mulsant & Verreaux. [Lesser violetear Hummingbird] Petasophora Cyanotis. 1874. exotic Mezzotint with exceptional original color

Mezzotint with exceptional original color

In 24 segments and mounted on Linen

Pancratum Calathinum

and they are the most complete record of the Plains Indians before the epidemics of the mid-19th century had decimated their numbers

John James Audubon (1785 - 1851)

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Lesser violetear Hummingbird] Petasophora Cyanotis. 1874. exotic Mezzotint with exceptional original colorMulsant & Verreaux [Lesser violetear Hummingbird] Petasophora Cyanotis from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent