Mulsant & Verreaux. [Grey-tailed Hummingbird] Oreopyra Cinereicauda. 1874. Thomas Birch Copperplate engraving with original hand

Copperplate engraving with original hand color

The Wilkes expedition was the first time that the USA had sent out a naval expedition to gather intelligence and scientific data on various parts of the world to compete with European dominance

and he resigned his post of mining engineer to what since 1820 had been styled the Royal Dublin Society

Faden engraved this plan just three months after the siege ended

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Mulsant & Verreaux. [Grey-tailed Hummingbird] Oreopyra Cinereicauda. 1874. Thomas Birch Copperplate engraving with original handMulsant & Verreaux [Grey tailed Hummingbird] Oreopyra Cinereicauda 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 prominent French