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

Pigmy Hermit

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 number2010.57.21
Collections
DescriptionTwo Phaethonis Pygmaeus (Pigmy Hermit) hummingbirds with greenish brown backs, and rust-colored bellies. One bird stands on the long green leaves of a plant, and the other sits in a nest on the same leaf. Plate 41 from volume I of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds", London, 1849-1861 (supplement printed 1880-1887).

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