Mulsant & Verreaux. [Green-crowned Plovercrest Hummingbird] Cephallepis Delandii. 1874. Artists_Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues Lieutenant Ross' large scale map

Lieutenant Ross' large scale map of the Mississippi River is of the few large format maps of the Mississippi published during the 18th Century

and in 1603

Major Pierre Charles L'Enfant was appointed by Washington to prepare a plan for the new city

It would appear that he painted the subject at least three times

1813-1827)

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Green-crowned Plovercrest Hummingbird] Cephallepis Delandii. 1874. Artists_Jacques Le Moyne de Morgues Lieutenant Ross' large scale mapMulsant & Verreaux [Green crowned Plovercrest Hummingbird] Cephallepis Delandii 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