trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel oceananimals Date: 1915

Date: 1915

As the zoologist who named whole branches of the tree of life

A celestial chart of the two hemispheres in the night sky

considered the last great master of that tradition

study or modern interior

trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel oceananimals Date: 1915Few 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