Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds [SEP] collection
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds
Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds (1871) is an oil on mahogany panel picture by Martin Johnson Heade acquired by the National Gallery of Art in 1982. Inspired perhaps by the works of Charles Darwin and Frederic Edwin Church, Heade planned to produce a deluxe book in the 1860s depicting Brazilian hummingbirds in tropical settings, and, to that end, created a series of 40 small pictures called "The Gems of Brazil". The project was abandoned, but Heade retained his interest in hummingbirds and continued
Martin Johnson Heade – "Cattleya Orchid and Three Hummingbirds"
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