Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

160 Mitchell's Amethyst Calliphlox Mitcheli

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)

Date1849-1861

MediumLithograph, hand-colored

DimensionsPaper: 22 x 15 1/8 in. (55.88 x 38.42 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Ms. Elise J. Ross

Object number2010.69.1

Collections

PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionTwo Calliphlox Mitcheli (Mitchell's Amethyst) hummingbirds with green backs, purple throats, white and green bellies, and brown tails, fly over a Lisianthus acutangulus plant with green leaves and flowers. Plate 160 from volume III of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds" (London, 1849-1861).