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Wilson’s Coeligene

Coeligena wilsoni

Today: Brown Inca

John Gould, plate 55

From Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 4

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. 4.

  • Free shipping from $500 or 3 prints, otherwise $45. Import duties included.
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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. 4.
  • 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

Wilson’s Coeligene shown in a black and gold frame
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About this plate

Wilson’s Coeligene (Coeligena wilsoni) is plate 55 of Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 4 by John Gould (1849–1861). Today the species is known as the Brown Inca. 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 4 of five runs from the Ruby and Topaz to the puff-legs, by way of plovercrests, fairies, violet-ears, the Giant Hummingbird and the Sword-bill, star-frontlets, sun angels, incas and starthroats.

Title
Family of Hummingbirds, Vol. 4
Published
1849-1861
Format
Imperial folio
In our collection
79 prints
Photograph of John Gould standing beside a table
John Gould (1804-1881).

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