
Hawaiian honeycreeper, Vestiaria coccinea…
Hawaiian honeycreeper, Vestiaria coccinea, and scarlet-chested sunbird, Nectarinia senegalensis. . Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology, Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illustration by J. G. Pretre, engraved by Giraud, directed by Pierre Jean-Francois Turpin, and published by F.G. Levrault. Jean Gabriel Pretre (1780-1845) was painter of natural history at Empress Josephine's zoo and later became artist to the Museum of Natural History.
Credit
Mary Evans
Dimensions
4164 x 6387 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
14 x 21 inches / 35 x 54 cm