English naturalist and ornithologist (1694 – 1773)

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George Edwards. Line engraving after I. Gosset.

George Edwards. Line engraving after B. Dandridge.

George Edwards. Stipple engraving by T. Wright after B. Dandridge.

George Edwards. Line engraving by J. Miller, 1763, after I. Gosset.

George Edwards. Stipple engraving by A. Tardieu after B. Dandridge.

George Edwards. Etching, 1741.

George Edwards. Line engraving by J. Tookey after I. Gosset.

George Edwards : the bedell and his birds / by A. Stuart Mason.

An owl sitting on the stump of a tree before a forest. coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

Left, the Patagonian penguin; right, the Magellanic penguin. Coloured etching by J. Pass after G. Edwards.

Two stag beetles crawling over a map of the world underneath a large mandible. Coloured etching by G. Edwards.

Above, a mud tortoise; below, profile of a mud tortoise. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

Above, two butterflies; below, a small double-headed snake from Barbabos. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

A black macaque with some fruit in its paw. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

A little owl sitting on the branch of a dead tree. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

The spectacle fly and the Egyptian jerboa; pyramids in the background. Etching by J. Pass, 1803, after G. Edwards.

A female zebra standing in an enclosure. Coloured etching after G. Edwards.

A greater frigate-bird (Fregata minor) and sea bass. Coloured etching by George Edwards, ca. 1758.

A jerboa standing in the desert next to an inscribed stone with pyramids in the background. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

A mongoose sitting next to a basket of fruit. Coloured etching by G. edwards after himself.

The natural history of Carolina, Florida, and the Bahama Islands: containing the figures of birds, beasts, fishes, serpents, insects, and plants: particulary the forest-trees, shrubs, and other plants, not hitherto described, or very incorrectly figured by authors. Together with their descriptions in English and French. To which are added observations on the air, soil, and waters: with remarks upon agriculture, grain, pulse, roots, &c. To the whole is prefixed a new and correct map of the countries treated of / Revised by Mr. Edwards. Histoire naturelle de la Caroline, de la Floride, & des iles de Bahama.

Elements of fossilogy, or, An arrangement of fossils : into classes, orders, genera, and species, with their characters / By George Edwards.

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A mongoose sitting next to a basket of fruit. Coloured etching by G. edwards after himself.

Elements of fossilogy, or, An arrangement of fossils : into classes, orders, genera, and species, with their characters / By George Edwards.

A little owl sitting on the branch of a dead tree. Coloured etching by G. Edwards after himself.

A greater frigate-bird (Fregata minor) and sea bass. Coloured etching by George Edwards, ca. 1758.