🔵 Here’s a little BLUESDAY inspiration from our American art collection, currently on view in Infinite Blue.
This ornithological print by Daniel Giraud Elliot—one of the most famous bird artists of the nineteenth century—shows a black-shouldered peafowl with blue plumage. Hand-colored to give an impression of vivid lifelikeness, the lithograph is scientifically accurate as well as artistically captivating. Elliot was an eminent natural historian and based his studies on direct observation, traveling extensively throughout the world in preparation for his publications.
Daniel Giraud Elliott (American, 1835-1915). Pavo Nigripennis - Black Shouldered Pea Fowl. Lithograph in color on wove paper. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Estate of Emily Winthrop Miles