Not just ‘for the birds’
Nicholas Rougeux - a Chicago-based designer and data artist, has restored John Gould’s A Monograph of the Trochilidæ, or Family of Humming-Birds, considered one of the finest examples of ornithological illustration ever produced. It was published between 1848 & 1887 and contains hand-coloured lithographic depictions of almost every single hummingbird species known to exist at the time.
The first two images below are renditions of the gorgeous poster that Nicholas created from the drawings in Gould's monograph. Both versions can be ordered on his website.
In any case, the whole ‘behind the scene’ story is well worth a read, both for the design enthusiasts as well as for any ornithological amateur.
