Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

De Filippi's Hermit

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)

Artist H. C. Richter (British, 1821 - 1902)

Date1849-1861

MediumLithograph, hand-colored

Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Terry White

Object number2010.57.18

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Not on view

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionTwo Phaethornis Philippi (De Filippi's Hermit) hummingbirds with green heads and backs, yellow bellies, and yellow, black, green, and white tails, fly over ferns and a tropical landscape. Plate 21 from volume I of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds", London, 1849-1861 (supplement printed 1880-1887).