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George Edwards 18th Century Hand-colored Ornithological Engravings

Item Details

George Edwards (United Kingdom; 1694 – 1773)
The Blue Gros-beak, The Dominican Cardinal, The Laughing Goose, circa 1748
Hand-colored engraving on laid paper
Signed in plate
Pulled from A Natural History of Uncommon Birds and Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals
Printed at the College of Physicians, Warwick – Lane

Condition

- toning and scattered foxing and stains to prints. Laughing Goose is creased and torn to upper right corner and has rough edge where removed from publication.

Dimensions

9.0" W x 11.5" H x 0.25" D

- measures largest sheet.

Item #

18CIN615-293

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