Crossoptilo Mantchuricum
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 Terry White
Object number2010.57.25
DescriptionThree Crossoptilo Mantchuricum (Mantchurian Eared Pheasant or Brown Eared-pheasant) birds with dark brown bodies, white ornamental ruffs around their heads, white backs and tails with blue tips. One stands while a second sits in grass in the foreground; a third stands on a large rock in the distance. From "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of Pheasants," by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), New York: 1870-1872.
