Mulsant & Verreaux. [Coppery-bellied puffleg Hummingbird] Eucnemis Chrysorama. 1874. European Paintings Ornithological He had little formal training

He had little formal training in art and even less in ornithology

The Oregon Territory was becoming a topic of increasing importance to the United States by the time the voyage returned

than the two maps that he probably used as sources: Nicholas Scull and George Heap’s map of Philadelphia and its surroundings

Presented in an elegant contemporary frame

From The Birds of America

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Coppery-bellied puffleg Hummingbird] Eucnemis Chrysorama. 1874. European Paintings Ornithological He had little formal trainingMulsant & Verreaux [Coppery bellied puffleg Hummingbird] Eucnemis Chrysorama from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by