Hand-colored engraving of a green and rust bee-eater with a blue cheek perched on a branch, with sketched leaves and landscape behind it.

Blue-Cheeked Bee-Eater, Plate 7 from Birds of Western Africa

A hand-colored engraved plate showing a green and chestnut bee-eater with a long curved bill and elongated tail feathers, perched on a leafy branch. Pale sketched foliage and a faint landscape fill the background, and the caption "BLUE-CHEEKED BEE-EATER" appears below.

Artist: William Home Lizars
Date: 1837
Medium: Engraving, brush and watercolor on paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1288 × 1920 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1837).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

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