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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Linden's Helmet-Crest
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Linden's Helmet-Crest

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
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 number2010.57.19
Collections
DescriptionThree Ocypogon Lindenii (Linden's Helmet-Crest) hummingbirds with black and white heads and crests and brown bodies, stand on a plant with woody stems, green leaves, and pink flowers. Plate 183 from of volume III "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds", London, 1849-1861 (supplement printed 1880-1887).

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