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Purple-tailed Avocet

Avocettinus eurypterus

Today: Mountain Avocetbill

John Gould, plate 84

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.

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Unframed, rolled in a hard carton tube
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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

Purple-tailed Avocet shown in a black and gold frame — Shown framed. Frame not included.

Purple-tailed Avocet shown in a dark wood frame — Shown framed. Frame not included.

Ready for your framer

Try three frame styles to see how the print hangs on a wall. Your print arrives unframed, as the full sheet with its margins, plate number and engraved caption.

About this plate

Purple-tailed Avocet (Avocettinus eurypterus) is plate 84 of Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 3 by John Gould (1849–1861). Today the species is known as the Mountain Avocetbill. 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