Blue-Bellied Bee-Eater, Plate 8 from Birds of Western Africa

A hand-colored engraving of a bird perched on a bare branch in front of a sketched landscape of trees and a pond. The slender bee-eater has a long curved bill, a red throat, an ochre breast, a blue belly, and green wings with a long tail. Printed caption and plate number appear at the page edges.

Artist

William Home Lizars

Date

1837

Medium

Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

1288 × 1920 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum