260. Edwards, George (English 1694-1773).
Mountain Sparrows.

18th-C. fine handcolored engraving of birds. Inscribed in the plate, Mountain Sparrows, Drawn from nature from the size of Life. G. Edwards Delin et Sculp /AD1757/Handwritten numbered in ink 269.

Double matted, actual plate size 9 3/16" x 7 3/8". Window size 10 3/8" x 8 3/8". Mat size 16 1/2" x 14 1/2". George Edwards was an English Naturalist who served as the Librarian of the Royal College of Physicians from 1733. He drew animals for Sir Hans Sloane and was taught by Mark Catesby how to etch the plates for his own books on natural history.

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