Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9962
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Portrait of George Edwards
Date
1754
Sitter
George Edwards (1694 - 1773, British) , Ornithologist
Creator
Johann Sebastian Müller (1710 - 1792, German) , Printmaker
After
Bartholomew Dandridge (1686 - 1758, British) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
38029
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 286mm
width (print): 220mm
width (print): 220mm
Subject
Description
Head and shoulders portrait of George Edwards in an oval, acanthus-decorated frame. Edwards is shown in a medium-length wig, eyes directed at the viewer, his body angled to the left.
Inscribed below: ‘GEORGIUS EDWARDS R.S.S. Aetat: Suae: 60 AD 1754. Nat. Mar. 23 April 3. Dandridg Pinx: J.S.Miller Sculp:’
Frontispiece to Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758).
Inscribed below: ‘GEORGIUS EDWARDS R.S.S. Aetat: Suae: 60 AD 1754. Nat. Mar. 23 April 3. Dandridg Pinx: J.S.Miller Sculp:’
Frontispiece to Gleanings of natural history, exhibiting figures of quadrupeds, birds, insects, plants, &c..., by George Edwards, volume 1 (London, for the author, 1758).
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