Trochilidae - Hummingbirds Size:50×70 cm a home office or a

a home office or a study

with or without a frame

Title: Portunus

ochres and warm browns

the National Gallery of Art

Trochilidae - Hummingbirds Size:50×70 cm a home office or aFew birds invite a closer look like the hummingbird, and this Haeckel plate is a riot of iridescent colour. Species from across the Americas hover and perch across the sheet, their throats and crowns flashing emerald, ruby and sapphire, their impossibly fine feathers and slender bills captured with loving precision. It is one of the most joyful and collectable images in Haeckel's entire output. The illustration comes from Kunstformen der Natur (Art