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Heliodore’s Woodstar

Calothorax heliodori

Today: Gorgeted Woodstar

John Gould, plate 31

From Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 3

The print

Technique
Facsimile giclée
Sheet
15 × 22 in, original size
Format
Imperial folio
Paper
White etching paper, 270 g/m²
Ink
Archival ink
Edition
Limited to 250 prints

$185

Limited edition of 250

€165 incl. VAT in the EU

Plus $45 shipping, import duties included. Free from $500 or 3 prints.

Reproduced from an original copy of Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 3.

  • Free shipping from $500 or 3 prints, otherwise $45. Import duties included.
  • Ships within 3 to 5 business days, insured with FedEx
  • Unframed, rolled in a hard carton tube
  • Returns within 14 days
A facsimile of the original sheet
  • Photographed from an original copy of Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 3.
  • Proofed against that sheet under daylight, until the colours match.
  • Printed at the full size of the sheet, with its margins and lettering, in an edition of 250.

How your print is made

Heliodore’s Woodstar shown in a black and gold frame
Shown framed. Frame not included.

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About this plate

Heliodore’s Woodstar (Calothorax heliodori) is plate 31 of Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 3 by John Gould (1849–1861). Today the species is known as the Gorgeted Woodstar. This facsimile is made from the original and printed at the size of the original sheet, 15 × 22 in (38 × 56 cm).

About the original

John Gould (1804-1881) published A Monograph of the Trochilidae, or Family of Hummingbirds between 1849 and 1861: five volumes with 360 hand-coloured lithographs. Most plates show two or three birds among plants, at least one of them in flight to show the colour of its feathers.

Volume 3 of five holds the coquettes, thorntails, woodstars and sheartails, racket-tails, trainbearers, sylphs, comets, sunbeams, helmetcrests and thornbills.

Title
Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 3
Published
1849-1861
Format
Imperial folio
In our collection
85 prints
Photograph of John Gould standing beside a table
John Gould (1804-1881).

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Crimson-throated Woodstar, plate 33 of Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 3 by John Gould

Crimson-throated Woodstar

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