John Gould Originals, Hummingbirds (Coming soon)

JOHN GOULD

A MONOGRAPH OF THE TROCHILIDAE OR THE FAMILY OF HUMMINGBIRDS

London: 1849-1861 (with supplement published by Sotheran & Co.: 1887)

NOTE: Eleven of these remarkably executed and beautifully hand-colored lithographic prints are currently framed to full museum conservation standards, including new gold leaf frames, 8-ply rag mats, two accent color lines, new UF-3 glazing. The remaining ten are protected in their original mylar travel packaging.

Framed (Full museum conservation standards, including new gold leaf frames, 8-ply rag mats, two accent color lines, new UF-3 glazing.)

Bourcieria Torquata Collared Inca Long orange & yellow trumpet flowers

Hylonympha Macrocerca Great Forked-tailed Humming-bird Pale pink vine flowers

Hypuroptila Buffoni Buffon’s Plumeleteer Orange cactus flowers

Threnetes Cervinicauda Fawn-tailed Barbed-throat Yellow flowers

Helianthea Osculans Buff-tailed Star-frontet Pink shallow trumpet flowers

Heliangelus Spencei Spence’s Sun Angel

Chrysuronia Eliciae Elicia’s Golden Tail A fern & yellow flowers

Sternoclyta Cyaneipectus Blue-breast Long orange & yellow flowers & buds

Hylocharis Sapphirinus Red-throated Sapphire A tiny nest with eggs

Phaethornis Augusti Salle’s Hermit Bright white bird tails, orange flowers

UNFRAMED

Heliomaster Constanti Constant’s Star-throat Iridescent technique for throats

Cephalepis Loddigesi Loddiges’ Plover-crest Swooping blue crests

Gouldia Popelairi Popelair’s Thorn-tail Iridescent technique for throats

Lophornis Pavoninus Roraima Coquette Amazing throat feathers, violet flowers

Spathura Underwoodi White-booted Racket-tail Iridescent technique for throats

Spathura Solstitialis Equador Racket-tail Amazing paddle tail feathers

Petasophora Delphinae Brown Violet-ear Iridescent throat technique, vine flowers

Avocettula Recurvirostris Fiery-tailed Avocet Small pale blue vine flowers

Glaucis Melantra Black-tailed Hermit Small yellow-orange stripped trumpets

Lesbia Gouldi Bogota Train-bearer Iridescent throats, scissor-tails

Thalurania Verticeps Green-crowned Wood-nymph