Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae. 1874. 1016F1 It was purchased in 1865

It was purchased in 1865 for the then-astounding sum of $25

which forever altered the coastlines

Paper size: 17 1/4 x 23 3/8

it frequently alights on the ground

'San Francisco from Telegraph hill’ on the detached original mount which accompanies the watercolor

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae. 1874. 1016F1 It was purchased in 1865Mulsant & Verreaux [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae 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 naturalists