GEORGE EDWARDS

(1694 / 1773)

GEORGE EDWARDS Strasfort, Essex (In (1694) / Plaistow (1773) "Birds"

Pair of etchings As drawn, engraved and colored from life by Edwards, for his work: "A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, 1743-1760" * "The little Black and Orange-colour'd Indian Hawk". Small black and orange hawk, trained to hunt. Bengal, northeastern India. * "The Touraco". The Turaco, arboreal bird, endemic to sub-Saharan Africa. Measurements: Footprint: 23, 4 x 18.7 cm each