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Lot 103
Sale 6325 - Interiors
Lots Open
Mar 14, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 28, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$1,000 -
1,500
Price Realized
$4,480
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Lot Description
George Edwards (English, 1694-1773), A Set of Twelve Framed Hand-Colored Engravings Depicting Various Birds
1743-1761
From A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, some inscribed, identified, and dated, including one, "Feb. 20 1761/ The Spotted Kingfisher from the West Indies &c. Drawn from Life of thir natural size by G.E.," another, "Published according to Act of Parliament March 1746 by George Edwards," another, "The red throated Loon from Greenland Published September 1743 by G. Edwards," another, "The Porphiryo or Purple Water-hen published Septemr 1743 by G. Edwards," another, "G. Edwards 1743," another, "Published December 1745 by George Edwards," another, "The great Black Duck from Hudsons bay 1749 G. Edwards," another, "Published September 1745 by G. Edwards," and another, "G. Edwards 1746," each custom- mounted in modern japanned frames.
9 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches (sheet, sight), 13 1/2 x 11 5/8 inches (frame).
Property from a Private Pennsylvania Collection
This lot is located in Philadelphia.












