EditorialBrooch, Sunbird head, gold, Sunbird's head with irredescent brown, golden yellow and blue-green feathers, mounted on gold bar pin; a small gold leaf on either side of bird's head., USA, ca. 1870, jewelry, Decorative Arts, Brooch.
EditorialNectarinia famosa (Malachite sunbird). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 211 mm ? w 348 mm; h 180 mm ? w 335 mm.
EditorialNectarinia amethystina (Amethyst sunbird). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 239 mm ? w 352 mm; h 221 mm ? w 341 mm.
EditorialNectarinia afra (Greater double-collared sunbird). Draughtsman: Robert Jacob Gordon. Dating: Oct-1777 - Mar-1786. Measurements: h 660 mm ? w 480 mm; h 170 mm ? w 282 mm; h 139 mm ? w 272 mm.
EditorialOlive-Backed Sunbird. c.1824. Olive-Backed or Yellow-Breasted Sunbird ('Cinnyris Jugularis'). From an album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raffles. Watercolour. Originally published/produced in c.1824....
EditorialOlive-Backed Sunbird. c.1824. Olive backed or Yellow-breasted Sunbird ('Cinnyris Jugularis'). From an album of 51 drawings of birds and mammals made at Bencoolen, Sumatra, for Sir Stamford Raffles. Watercolour. Originally published/produced in c.1824....
EditorialGreater double-collared sunbird, Cinnyris afer (Red-bellied creeper, Certhia erythrogastra). Illustration drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodder's The Naturalist's Miscell...