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

197 Purple-throated Adelomyia Adelomyia Inornata

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)

Date1849-1861

MediumLithograph, hand-colored

Dimensions21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm)

ClassificationsPrints

Credit LineGift of Ms. Elise J. Ross

Object number2010.69.2

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PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BEFORE 1850

DescriptionThree Adelomyia Inornata (Purple-throated Adelomyia) hummingbirds with brown bodies and blue throats on a Passiflora Tucamansis plant with green leaves and a white flower. Plate 197 from volume III of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds" (London, 1849-1861).