Hand-colored lithograph of a bird with a man's head perched on a branch, captioned Sun Bird.

Sun Bird: bird with a man's head, color lithograph

A hand-colored lithograph shows a bird with a man's head and dark hair, perched on a bare branch among pale yellow foliage against a pale blue ground. Its rose-pink body has brown wings and a long, forked tail, and the caption "SUN BIRD" is printed beneath.

Artist: Max Rosenthal
Date: 1851
Medium: Color lithograph
Source: Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery)
Size: 2627 × 3999 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (National Portrait Gallery) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1851).
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, National Portrait Gallery

19th century caricature illustration colour lithograph hand-colored print satirical print bird on branch bird with human head