Mulsant & Verreaux. [Sallé's hermit Hummingbird] Phætornis Augusti. 1874. European Paiinting Ornithological The composition’s filtered light effect
Baker’s notes & crumb story
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The composition’s filtered light effect is a hallmark of Whitley’s style
capturing the emergence of infrastructure that laid the foundation for modern communication systems
This is not to imply that all mapmakers were blindly accepting of the convention
(1940) Joumal historique de l'établissement des Français a la
It is in this volatile geopolitical context that we can situate La Harpe and his map
Mulsant & Verreaux. [Sallé's hermit Hummingbird] Phætornis Augusti. 1874. European Paiinting Ornithological The composition’s filtered light effectMulsant & Verreaux [Sall's hermit Hummingbird] Phtornis Augusti 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 French