Family of the Ant Thrushes
By Daniel Giraud Elliot, 1835-1915
Daniel Giraud Elliot (1835-1915) published A Monograph of the Pittidae, or Family of Ant Thrushes between 1861 and 1863, his first monograph: 31 hand-coloured lithographs of pittas. Elliot drew 24 of the plates himself; in the preface he wrote that he ‘felt compelled to turn draughtsman’.
Every plate includes a flowering plant, and the birds are shown in motion: chasing a beetle, recoiling from a snake, taking off after a fly.
- Published
- 1861-1863
- Format
- Folio
- Sheet
- 13¾ × 21¼ in, original size
- Original in
- Teylers Museum, Haarlem
- In our collection
- 31 prints
All 31 prints
31 prints
Caerulean Pitta (Young)
$195
Caerulean Pitta
$195
Nepal Pitta
$195
Blue-Winged Pitta
$195
Angola Pitta
$195
Bengal Pitta
$195
Vigors Pitta
$195
Fairy Pitta
$195
Noisy Pitta
$195
Elegant Pitta
$195
Irene Pitta
$195
Great Pitta
$195
Blue Pitta
$195
Graceful Pitta
$195
Purple Pitta
$195
Red-Breasted Pitta
$195
Celebes Pitta
$195
Red-Necked Pitta
$195
Crimson-Breasted Pitta
$195
Gray’s Pitta
$195
Macklot’s Pitta
$195
Baud’s Pitta
$195
Rainbow Pitta
$195
Forsten’s Pitta
$195
Black-Headed Pitta
$195
Muller’s Pitta
$195
New-Guinea Pitta
$195
Hooded Pitta
$195
Blue-tailed Pitta
$195
Pitta Schwaneri
$195
Pitta Boschii
$195
The complete set
Family of the Ant Thrushes is also available as a complete set: every plate we hold, as a facsimile at the original size, with a title page, a contents page and a certificate, in a Solander box.
Limited to 50 sets. Price on request.