The rural idyll of Essex near London was the home of George Edwards. His ancestors had a good sense of finance and left George with an economically carefree future. After training as a merchant, Edwards decided to spend his days bird watching. He enjoyed travelling and expanded his knowledge with each new region of Europe he discovered. In addition, ships returning to London from faraway lands had exotic birds on board. George Edwards recognized that discovering nature also means teaching. The young ornithologist began to record his bird observations. His depictions surpassed all the illustrations known up to that point in naturalistic accuracy. With meticulousness and accuracy Edwards put his observations on paper. The natural scientist learned the art of etching and used the technique together with colourful watercolours for his enchanting bird pictures. Buyers for his paintings were soon found and other scientists became aware of his great skill.
In London George Edwards found a very special patron. Sir Hans Sloan was an art lover and at the same time president of the Royal Society. Sloan commissioned Edwards to create portraits of animals. A personal relationship developed between the two men. The two met weekly for tea and to exchange news. George Edwards devoted himself to art and Sloan encouraged the young man. Sir Hans Sloan finally arranged for George to become a librarian at the Royal College of Physicians in London. Here a wonderful world opened up for the ornithologist. He had access to numerous works of natural history and the peace to devote himself to his own studies and to express himself artistically. During this time George Edwards devoted himself to his own writings and published the multi-volume work A Natural History of Rare Birds. The result was a collection of more than 600 coloured etchings of birds and other animals that had not been described and illustrated before.
George Edward's reputation spread throughout Europe and a lively exchange among nature-oriented scientists developed. The Swedish natural scientist Carl von Linné maintained an intensive correspondence with Edwards and gave suggestions for the representation of the animals. Thus he asked Edwards for the representation of the upper and lower side of butterflies and helped Edwards to determine a species. Edward George was appointed a member of the Royal Society for his work and was later honoured with the oldest and highest endowed award, the Copley Medal. In old age, the scientist, who is called the father of British ornithology, is overcome by the desire for peace and quiet and he retires to rural Plaistow, where he falls asleep at the ripe old age of 79.
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.jpg "The Shirley and the Dusky Swallow-tailed Butterfly, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Barbarian Squirrel by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Blue-bellied Finch. The Narcissus Jacobea by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Sparrow of Paradise. The Great Bat from Madagascar by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-Headed Green-Finch, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Bill of the Aegyptian Ibis and the least Hummingbird, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Hand of a Boy with a Distempered Skin, and a Branch of the Common Service-Tree by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The King of the Vultures, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Golden-crowned Thrush and the Blue Flycatcher, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Spur-winged Water-hen of Brazil, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Blue Gros-beak from Angola by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Chatterer of Carolina, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Dodo, and the Guiney Pig by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Monax or Marmotte of America, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-beaked Toucan, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Spur-Winged Water Hen by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Mango-Fish. The Great Brown Locust, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Round-crested Duck, the Greater Dobchick, and the All-green Hummingbird, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The brown and spotted Indian Cuckoo, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Spotted Kingfisher, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black Linnet, the Olive-coloured Linnet, and the Yellow-bellied Creeper, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow-breasted Toucan, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Chinese Quail and the Guernsey Lizard by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Blue Jay, and the Summer Red-Bird, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Wood-Pecker of Jamaica, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "Two Sorts of Linnets from Angola by George Edwards")
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.jpg "Two Birds, One with Very Long Tailfeathers, and Blue Butterfly by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-breasted Hummingbird, the Green-throated Hummingbird, and the Dormouse, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Greatest Bulfinch-Hen, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Great Black and White Duck, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Little Dusky Parrot, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The little Red-headed Parrakeet or Guiney Sparrow and the Maryland Yellow-Throat, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Bittern from Hudson")
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.jpg "The Red Coot-Footed Tringa, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Swallow-tailed Indian Roller, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black and White Chinese Cock Pheasant with Its Hen by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Calandra, and the Spotted Mole by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Malacca Gros-beak, the Jacarini, and the Small Yellow Butterfly by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Crested Red or Russit Butcher-Bird, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Purple-breasted Blue Manakin by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Ash-Coloured Heron from North America, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red and Blue Brazilian Finch. The Flying Squirrel, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The blue Creeper. The golden-headed black Tit-mouse by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-Breasted Goosander by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-cheeked Woodpecker, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black and White Indian Starling, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Sapphire-crowned Parrakeet, and the Golden-winged Parrakeet by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Grenadier, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Man of the Woods by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Golden-crowned Wren and the Ruby-crowned Wren by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Hen Peacock Pheasant from China, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Grey Pye of Brasil by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Green Pye of the Isle of Ceylon, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Lark from Pensilvania, and the Brown Butterfly by George Edwards")
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.jpg "Watercolour illustration of Zebra, from a book of rare birds by G Edwards 1750 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Balanus of the Whale with Polypes, the Limax Marina, the Hairy Crab, and the Herringbone Coralline by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Great Horned Owl from Athens by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Ring-tailed Hawk, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow Indian Starling, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Painted Pheasant from China by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Gros-Beak or Haw-Finch by George Edwards")
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.jpg "Mountain Sparrows, Cock and Hen, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow-rumped Flycatcher, and the Gentian of the Desert, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Golden Thrush by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow-Headed Linnet, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Man of War Bird, the Chinese Fish, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Purple Finch, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Great Spotted Cuckoo, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The greater Bird of Paradise, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Great Crowned Indian Pigeon, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The White-faced Manakin, and the Ruby-crested Hummingbird by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Spotted Plover by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Horned Fish, and the Sea Scorpion, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Land-Tortoise from Carolina by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black Parrot from Madagascar by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Pelican, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Toucan or Brasilian Pye, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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