
Jamaican tody, Todus todus, and white-crested…
Jamaican tody, Todus todus, and white-crested spadebill, Platyrinchus platyrhynchos. . 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 David, 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
4124 x 6521 pixels
Print Size @ 300 dpi
14 x 22 inches / 35 x 55 cm