The Plover from Bengall
Date1742
Maker
George Edwards
(1694 - 1773)
OriginEngland, London
MediumEtching and engraving with period color
DimensionsOH: 12 1/8" x OW: 9 5/8"
Credit LineGift of Barnett Shepherd
Object number2018-269,36A&B
DescriptionText along lower margin reads: "Ed./ Edwards/ the Plouer from Bengall/ 0471 1 guA/ 47"Label TextFrom George Edwards, 'A Natural History of Birds...', (London: Printed for the Author, at the College of Physicians in Warwick-Lane, 1742).
November 1, 1773; November 3, 1773
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