Trochilus madec complete with fine lines of

complete with fine lines of patina

The pods come in different sizes and in different shades

With frame it measures 17x17 cm

Pretty flower pods on a green branch

Trochilus madec complete with fine lines ofThe hummingbirds brilliant throat colour is caused by iridescence in the arrangements of its feathers and not feather pigmentation. Either way they are incandescently beautiful. Trochilus is one of the illustrative tables from Kunstformen der Natur (known in English also as Art Forms in Nature) by highly renowned Prof. Dr. Ernst Haeckel published between 1899 and 1904. Printed with Japanese archival ink on a matte Hahnemhle paper in our own studio in