The Bustard Cock and The Hen Bustard ... Pair of ornithological watercolours signed, depicting a male and female Great Bustard
$12,000 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Signed
A lovely pair of original watercolours by George Edwards. Through the influence of Sir Hans Sloane, Edwards was chosen Librarian to the Royal College of Physicians ... Almost immediately after he was appointed ... Edwards commenced the preparation of a series of coloured drawings of animals and birds, used later to illustrate his Natural History of Uncommon Birds ; for these he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Society and subsequently elected a Fellow Lisney
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