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 Black-throated Green Flycatcher, and the Black and White Creeper, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The King of the Vultures, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Peacock Pheasant from China by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Little Dusky Parrot, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "Frontispiece from \"A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, and of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals\" by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Dodo, and the Guiney Pig by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The white-tailed Eagle, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Little Lion-Monkey, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Triangular Spotted Pigeon, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-breasted Parrakeet, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The first Black-capped Lory, 1749-73 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 Crowned African Crane, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black or Dusky Sparrows, 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 Crested Red or Russit Butcher-Bird, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Long-tailed Duck from Hudson")
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.jpg "The white Partridge, 1749-73 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 Tit-mouse of Paradise, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Long-Tailed Dove, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black and White Kingfisher by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Blue-faced Green Parrot by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Prickled Dog or Hound-Fish, with an Insect called the Walking-Stick, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Sea-Bat, and the Pyed Acarauna, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Marsh-Hawk, and the Reed-Birds by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Scarlet Sparrow and the Yellow Swallow-tailed Butterfly, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Mountain Partridge by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Golden-Winged Flycatcher and the Spotted Tortoise Butterfly 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 St. Jago Monkey 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 Indian Bee-Eater, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Female Zebra, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black and Yellow Creeper. The American Hedge-Sparrow by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Smallest Green and Red Indian Paroquet. The Small Green Parrot of East India by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Gros-Beak or Haw-Finch by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Grey Redstart by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Little Black Monkey, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Green Toucan, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black and Blue Creeper, and the Hoopoe Hen, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Arctic Bird, Supposed to Be the Cock, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Solitary Sparrow, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Brown and Spotted Heathcock by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow-breasted Toucan, 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 "The Red-Legged Partridge from Barbary, 1749-73 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 Cock Coot-footed Tringa, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Arctick Bird, supposed to be the Hen. The Tropick Bird by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-Bellied Blue-Bird, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The White Godwit from Hudson")
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.jpg "The Blue-backed Manakin, and the Red and Black Manakin 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 Black and Yellow Daw of Brazil by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The green black-cap Flycatcher. The blue-headed green Flycatcher, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The blue-throat Redstart by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Grey Water-Wagtail, and the Water Lizard by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Laughing Goose, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow Water-Wagtail and the Walking Leaf 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 White and Black Spotted Peteril, and the Little Peteril by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Pelican of America, 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 Little Pin-tailed Grouse, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Elephant and the Rhinoceros, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Brasilian Green Parrot by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The ash-coloured Buzzard by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Barbarian Squirrel by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Chinese Starling or Black-Bird, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black Indian Cuckoo, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-Breasted Goosander by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Red-Headed Green-Finch, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Jacamaciri of Marcgrave, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Black and White Butcher-Bird by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Great Green Macaw by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Olive-coloured Flycatcher and the Yellow Butterfly by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Lesser Mock-Bird by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Golden-crowned Parrakeet and the least Green and Blue Parrakeet by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow Red-Pole and the White-tailed Hummingbird by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow-winged Pye, and Greatest Locust, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Small American Redstart by George Edwards")
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_-_(MeisterDrucke-1400943).jpg "Indian Roller, Coracias benghalensis, 1800 (engraving) by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Great American Martin, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Yellow-Headed Linnet, 1749-73 by George Edwards")
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.jpg "The Cock Cold Finch. The Hen Cold Finch by George Edwards")
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