Polyplectron Bicalcartum
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 number2010.41.3
DescriptionPolyplectron Bicalcartum (Iris Polyplectron) a bird with a brown crest and body, red eye, gray head and neck, and wings with green and black spots. A second peacock is in the background; both stand on tree branches. From "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of Pheasants," by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), New York: 1870-1872.
