Euplocomus Albo-Cristatus
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 number2010.57.30
DescriptionTwo adult and eight chick Euplocomus Albo-Cristatus (White-Crested Kaleege) birds, the male with red face, white crest, deep purple-teal-black neck, wings, and tail, gray belly, and white and black back, stands on a tree branch in the foreground. The female, with red eye, and brown crest and body, stands in the midground in grass surrounded by chicks with brown bodies and black wings. From "A Monograph of the Phasianidae or Family of Pheasants," by Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915), New York: 1870-1872.
