Mulsant & Verreaux. [Stripe-breasted Starthroat] Lepidolarynx Mesoleucus. 1874. oilblast Nunc Virginia dicta

Nunc Virginia dicta

his allowance terminated and he turned seriously to painting

the British viewed the Columbia River as the appropriate boundary between Canada and northwest America

His 1846 and 1850 monographs on the insects of France formed the basis for much of modern ladybug taxonomy

8 3/4” x 6 7/8”

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Stripe-breasted Starthroat] Lepidolarynx Mesoleucus. 1874. oilblast Nunc Virginia dictaMulsant & Verreaux [Stripe breasted Starthroat] Lepidolarynx Mesoleucus from Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes Published: Lyon, 1874 Lithograph with original hand coloring Paper size: 12 1 4 x 8 3 4 Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux Mouches, ou Colibris constituant la famille des Trochildes (The Natural History of Hummingbirds constituting the Trochilidae family) was published in 1874 by prominent