Mulsant & Verreaux. [Horned sungem Hummingbird] Heliactin Cornuta. 1874. Birds detailed and highly accurate depiction

detailed and highly accurate depiction of each flower also exemplifies the artist's exceptional rendering skill

who was deeply steeped in the Romantic movement already apparent in Europe instilled the same sentiments in the work of his young protégé

accompanied by a folio atlas

now alas dead

24 3/4" x 26"

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Horned sungem Hummingbird] Heliactin Cornuta. 1874. Birds detailed and highly accurate depictionMulsant & Verreaux [Horned sungem Hummingbird] Heliactin Cornuta 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 French