Euplocamus Andersoni
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 number2010.57.26
DescriptionThree Euplocamus Andersoni (Anderson's Pheasant) birds, with black underbody, red head, black crest, and back, wings, and tail that are black with white line patterning. One bird stands in the foreground on a rock surrounded by ferns, while two more birds stand in the distance, including one (female?) with brown plumage. From "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of Pheasants," by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), New York: 1870-1872.
