trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel travel poster Title: Tournée du Chat Noir

Title: Tournée du Chat Noir

Original from the Museum of New Zealand

Ernst Haeckel balanced scientific accuracy with real visual energy

Haeckel — zoologist

Ohara Koson was a Japanese painter and woodblock print designer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

trochilidae hummingbirds fine art print ernst haeckel travel poster Title: Tournée du Chat NoirFew 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