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Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi
Lesbia Eucharis (Train-Bearer)
Courtesy of the Harn Museum of Art, Photography by Foad Seyed Mohammadi

Lesbia Eucharis (Train-Bearer)

Artist John Gould (British, 1804 - 1881)
Date1849-1861
MediumLithograph, hand-colored
DimensionsSheet: 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 in. (54.6 x 36.8 cm)
ClassificationsPrints
Credit LineGift of Elise J. Ross
Object number2011.67.2
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DescriptionTwo Lesbia Eucharis (Train-Bearer) hummingbirds with green backs, white bellies, and forked tails, stand on a Tropaeolum Smithi plant with green leaves and yellow flowers. Plate 171 from volume III of "A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds" (London, 1849-1861).