Polyplectron Emphanum
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 number2010.41.2
DescriptionPolyplectron Emphanum (Palawan peacock-pheasant), a bird with a green crest, red eye, white head, black belly, iridescent blue wings, and a spotted brown, black, and blue back and tail. A second peacock in the distance; both stand on logs in a grassy field. From "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of Pheasants," by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), New York: 1870-1872.
