Saturday, March 10, 2007

Gould Hummingbirds

Chrysuronia eliciae - hummingbird illustration


Orthorhynchus cristatus - John Gould book illustration


Selasphorus floresii - Gould natural history


Loddigesia mirabilis - Gould's hummingbird illustration


Eulampis jugularis - hummingbirds


Lesbia eucharis - bird engravings


Circe doubledayi - John Gould book illustration


Lophornis verreauxi - Gould hummingbird illustration


Amazilia cyanura - coloured bird illustration


Metallura primolinus, Bonap. - hummingbird sketch


Chlorostilbon poortmanni - hummingbird drawing


Chlorostilbon poortmanni semi-closeup


Chlorostilbon poortmanni - closeup


All except the full page image above are made from spliced Zoomify screencaps (many!) so click for much larger versions. Mouseover for species names.

The Oxford Digital Library host 20 hummingbird plates from 'A monograph of the Trochilidae' by John Gould, published between 1861 and 1887. [previously]
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7 comments:

  1. lotusgreen10 March, 2007 12:47

    oh--i am thrilled all the way to my heart

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  2. The Lone Beader®13 March, 2007 06:32

    I am so happy that I stopped by today. These hummingbirds are so beautiful=:)

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  3. Beatriz31 December, 2008 04:49

    very nice birds

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  4. Anonymous11 January, 2009 10:42

    Found two framed Gould's Hummingbirds at the second hand shop today and was searching to find out something about them since I don't know anything about originals or anything about prints...uhmmmm....Anyway, landed here on this blog which seems very interesting! So I will continue reading! :)

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  5. giardino15 October, 2010 10:02

    Unbelievably beautiful, I'm so inspired.

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  6. Elisabethbaysset22 July, 2011 06:17

    Que c'est BEAU ... EB

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  7. MARY07 October, 2011 03:06

    Wow, gorgeous—thank you for posting.

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