Euplocamus Nobilis
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 number2010.57.28
DescriptionTwo Euplocamus Nobilis (Bornean Fire-Back or Noble Pheasant) birds, the male in the foreground has a blue head and crest, dark blue throat, wings, and back, orange belly, yellow and red back, and yellow, blue, and black tail, and stands on a tree branch. The female has a blue eye, brown head, crest, and back, white throat, and white, brown, and black chest, and sits on a tree branch. Mountains in the distance. From "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of Pheasants," by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), New York: 1870-1872.
