Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10004
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‘The Cross-Bills, Cock and Hen’
Date
1757
Creator
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Object type
Library reference
38029
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 288mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Ornithological study of the male and female Crossbill Loxia curvirostra, the male perched on a branch, the female below.
Plate 303 from chapter 93 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The author describes the bird within the text: “These birds are figured of their natural bigness; the drawings are original, and were taken on the copper-plate immediately from the life...These birds have lately (A.D. 1756-7) appeared in the neighbourhood of London in great flights...”
The plate is inscribed: “Loxia, the Cross-bill, Male and Female Drawn of their natural size by Geo Edwards. AD. 1757..”
Plate 303 from chapter 93 of Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 2 (London, for the author, 1760). The author describes the bird within the text: “These birds are figured of their natural bigness; the drawings are original, and were taken on the copper-plate immediately from the life...These birds have lately (A.D. 1756-7) appeared in the neighbourhood of London in great flights...”
The plate is inscribed: “Loxia, the Cross-bill, Male and Female Drawn of their natural size by Geo Edwards. AD. 1757..”
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