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Ruby-throated Humming Bird



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Title

Ruby-throated Humming Bird

Creator

John James Audubon

Creator Biography

b. 1785, Les Cayes, Santo Domingo (Haiti).
1795-1796- Student of Jacques-Louis David in Paris.
1838- Completed The Birds of America
d. 1851, New York, NY.

Description

Damaged in accident, Dec. 1991. Conservation repair at Western Fine Arts Conservation Center, Denver, CO, 1992

Inscription

No. 15-4. PLATE 253.
Drawn from Nature by J.J. Audubon, F, R, S, F, L, S.
Ruby-throated Humming Bird.
TROCHILUS COLUBRIS, Linn,
Male, 1. Female, 2. Young, 3.
Trumpet-flower Bignonia Radicans.
Chromolith.y by J. Bien, New York, 1860.

Date Created

1860

Century

19th

Item Dimensions

101.5 cm h x 68.5 cm w

Medium

print

Materials

ink on paper

Techniques

chromolithography

Photo Number

20120271

Bibliography

John James Audubon Biography
http://www.artnet.com/artists/john-james-audubon/biography

Creator Last name

Audubon

Creator First Name

John