Green-breasted Sapphironia
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 number2010.57.20
DescriptionSapphironia Goudoti (Green-breasted Sapphironia) hummingbird with bright green feathers, and a blue and white tail, standing on a branch with green leaves and red and yellow drooping flowers. Plate 345 from volume V of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds", London, 1849-1861 (supplement printed 1880-1887).
