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12 Antique 1740 George Edwards Hand Coloured Ornithological Engravings Of Birds
£20,000 $27,095 €23,562
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this super rare suite of Twelve original 1740-1760 dated hand water coloured prints after George Edwards 1694-1773 depicting Ornithological Birds, Butterflies and flowers in the period Decoupage frames
If you are looking at this listing then the chances are you know exactly what these are, I’ll include a short Bio below, there are different values to these sets and this is suite is at the very highest end as it has not just the basic birds but some of the most colourful examples I have seen, it also have birds mixed with butterflies in four of the examples which is super rare
The condition is period perfect, you can see the plate mark impressions around the boarders, some of the prints are detailed and dated with what they are, all the information has been pictured for you
These prints totally define a space, I can’t explain just how magical they are in real life
Dimensions
Height:- 41.5cm
Width:- 35cm
Depth:- 2.5...cm
Please note all measurements are taken at the widest point, if you would like any additional or specific measurements please ask
A Natural History of Uncommon Birds (1743-1751) by George Edwards with 362 plates in all, with 318 of birds & the balance of various mammals, fish & insects.
It was heralded as the most important of all Bird Books, both from an artistic and an ornithological perspective, and time has certainly not dimmed either its luster or appeal.
George Edwards was an English draughtsman and a skilled observer of birds and one of the most prominent ornithologists of his day. He worked as Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians, where he was later elected a fellow, and was honored with the Gold Medal of the Royal Society. As the Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians, he oversaw a library of 8,000 volumes. The small honorarium he received for this post liberated him to pursue his ornithological studies and drawings.
He died in West Ham, which was also his birthplace, in 1773. Natural History and Gleanings was illustrated for the first time many foreign species often drawn from live specimens held in captivity in London.
Edwards etched his own plates and then hand-colored several copies before supervising others in the coloring. The result is a work of superb skill and breathtaking color that remains ever-popular and is now increasingly rare.
Such was the impact of Natural History and Gleanings, that Edwards is considered to have almost single-handedly popularized the art of bird and animal illustration, and is thus known as “The Father of British Ornithology.”
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Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1139476
Dateline of this antique is Georgian
Height is 41.5cm (16.3inches)Width is 35cm (13.8inches)Depth is 2.5cm (1.0inches)
Antique SA1139476 shown on this page was made in the Georgian Era. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
The Georgian Era
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Royal House Antiques is a privately-owned family ran company founded in Wimbledon in 2012 by husband and wife James and Iris Thorpe
West Sussex
United Kingdom
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