Urosticte Benjamini (Espece de Sedum)

Article ID DT0253

Title

Urosticte Benjamini (Espece de Sedum)

Representation of a Purple-breasted hummingbird (Urosticte benjamini). Illustrated by Louis Victor Bevalet.

Year

ca. 1876

Artist

Lemercier / Levasseur (1838-1875)

Huge Parisian firm of lithographic printers founded by Joseph Rose Lemercier (1803-1887), who began as the foreman for Langlumé in 1825. Working on his own account from 1827, 1829-36 in partnership with Bénard association formed in 1837 according to IFF catalogue for Joseph Lemercier. The firm was still active in 1841.

Place of Publication Paris
Dimensions (cm)28 x 21,5 cm
ConditionVery good
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueLithography