Pucrasia Macrolopha
Artist
Josef Wolf
(German, 1820 - 1899)
Artist
Josef Smit
(German, 1802 - 1884)
Date1870-1872
MediumLithograph, hand colored
Dimensions16 x 20 in. (40.6 x 50.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineMuseum purchase, funds provided by Peter DeSorcy
Object number2010.41.1
DescriptionPucrasia Macrolopha (pucras pheasant) depicting male (foreground) and female (midground); the male has a green and yellow head, a brown belly, and back feathers that are gray, black, and tan; the female has a white neck and brown and black feathers. The birds stand in a grassy clearing. From "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of Pheasants," by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), New York: 1870-1872.
