Mulsant & Verreaux. [Broad-billed Hummingbird] Circe Magica. 1874. lithograph Napoleon’s court enlisted Jacques Barraband

Napoleon’s court enlisted Jacques Barraband

Here is a chance for the viewer today to see the images of the Grand Canyon that powerfully tempted tourists 120 years ago

driven by both scientific interest and colonial ambitions

with its mouth outside

Mulsant & Verreaux. [Broad-billed Hummingbird] Circe Magica. 1874. lithograph Napoleon’s court enlisted Jacques BarrabandMulsant & Verreaux [Broad billed Hummingbird] Circe Magica 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