Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae. 1874. 10_31_23 Plano Topografico de la Ciudad

Plano Topografico de la Ciudad de Huancavelica

Philippe Buache

This finely rendered watercolor offers a remarkable nineteenth century view of California Street

and New York as I Saw It are fascinating historical records of rapidly developing cities captured both in pen and ink sketches and also in Huard’s narrative voice: the voice of a ready explorer encountering the city for the first time

*Theatrum Orbis Terrarum* (Theatre of the World)

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae. 1874. 10_31_23 Plano Topografico de la CiudadMulsant & Verreaux [Bee Hummingbird] Calypta Helenae 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 naturalists