#George Edwards

[arthistoryanimalia]

Happy #WhoopingCraneDay!

“The Hooping Crane” in George Edwards’ A Natural History of Birds Pt. 3, 1750.

Biodiversity Heritage Library

Yes, he illustrated it perching on an enlarged side view of its own giant beak. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[blueiscoool]

George Edwards Histoire Naturelle de Divers Oiseaux. London 1745-1748

[heaveninawildflower]

Red Squirrel and a Dormouse (18th century) by George Edwards.

Watercolour.

© The Trustees of the British Museum.

Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license.  

[lindahall]

George Edwards – Scientist of the Day

George Edwards, an English painter of birds, was born Apr. 3, 1694, in a hamlet in Essex.  

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[fictionalreads]

Fire Country Season 3 Episode 8

Bode

Okay but did you sleep with James?

HAVE A GOOD FIRST DAY GUYS

Ooh no. No promises Bode.

Bode. That house is gone. Time to go.

James is telling you the truth. It’s gone Bode.

Please make it out. Please survive.

Eve

MORE EVE?! This recap seems promising for the eve backstory front.

Who’s George? Why don’t we like George?

Oh George is a cousin. He seems like an ass. Like her dad. Maybe that’s why her dad seems to like George so much.

Good thing Bode didn’t come with. Doesn’t seem like he’d be welcome.

That’s her boss. She kinda has to apologize.

Damn. That’s tough Eve.

FUCK I really wanted Eve to have a win.

Manny

Manny breathe please. I know it seems bleak right now but please keep your head up.

Jake

On one hand, I see your point. You e repaired your relationship with Bode and don’t want to duck it up by lying cause it tends to come out anyway. But on the other, I see hers too. She was with you and he got with her like right after y’all broke up so…. He can’t really be mad without being hypocritical can he?

Damn Gabby can’t catch a break. Sleeping with her means you lost yourself?

I bet they secretly love it when people park in front of hydrants just cause they get to smash windows.

YOU STILL HAVE TO DO YOUR JOB GABBY! YOU’RE LUCKY HES NOT FIRING YOU AND TURNING YOU IN RIGHT NOW!!

Did she just quit? She just keeps pissing me off. Like a part of me gets it but damn you really letting this shit ruin your whole life?

Sharon and Vince

NOT THEM ALL LOOKING AT VINCE

Eve can’t come to the walkie right now. She’s delivering a foal.

At least you recognize you’d probably be the same in his shoes.

Emergencies

What’s a zombie fire?

Miscellaneous

They’re playing Shaboozey. I’m obsessed.

Cole is back!

Yes people. Despite their mistakes they are still people. You aren’t your worst mistakes, especially when you’re trying to do and be better, when you’re trying to repair what you’ve broken.

Don’t get caught Gabby. Please. You don’t need that on top of everything else.

Fuck.

[anotherartgallery]

George Edwards - A Natural History Of Uncommon Birds : And Of Some Other Rare and Undescribed Animals Part IV book dedication page

[intriguingpeoplebyangelafloyd]

CATO STREET CONSPIRACY

CATO STREET CONSPIRACY

22-23 February 1820

            The Spencean Philanthropists were a revolutionary organisation who plotted to overthrow the government and kill Prime Minister Lord Liverpool. The group of men included Arthur Thistlewood, George Edwards and Jamaican-born William Davidson. The men were angry about the Peterloo Massacre, as well as the depression and King George III had just died which resulted in public unrest. The group of men rented a small house in Cato Street to use as their base and conspired to kill all the politicians whilst they were together at dinner. They planned to seize key buildings, overthrow the government and oversee a radical revolution.

            An informer spilled the beans and on 23 February, 12 officers were waiting for the group of men to arrive. The men arrived at 7:30pm near the Cato Street building where the police apprehended thirteen of them. During the scuffle, Thistlewood killed police officer Richard Smithers with a sword. Some of the men escaped but were arrested a few days later.

            Most of the men were found guilty and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered; however, there sentence was later changed to hanging or beheading. The men were hanged at Newgate Prison on 1 May in front of a large crowd. Five of the men were transported to Australia as convicts.

#catostreetconspiracy #australianconvicts #arthurthistlewood #georgeedwards #williamdavidson

[diioonysus]

insects in art: butterflies

[shelbybyr]

When you run out of fics to read

[evilfaggotyuri]

Terror Lieutenant polycule to me… (order interchangeable im curious as to what u think)

[mab1905]

Jopson is the one human.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WatercolorWednesday: English naturalist George Edwards was born #OTD (3 Apr 1694 – 23 Jul 1773).

Atlas Moth & Hercules Beetle, c.1758

Watercolor w/ gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, each 9×11.1in (22.9×28.3cm)

Yale Center for British Art B1975.3.462,4

[smellroy]

Jacko and Irving are the ultimate BROTP

Also you just KNOW jirving is spilling all kinds of tea with the other lieutenants. Too bad they don’t listen.

[froggerland]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO 1ST LIEUTENANT EDWARD LITTLE!!

Having a little party with the other lieutenants and Crozier (left to right: Hodgeson, Irving, Le Vesconte, Ned, Crozier, Gore and Fairholme), Winter 1846 (before everything went downhill)

[pierppasolini]

Blonde Ambition (1981) // dir. John Amero, Lem Amero

[prouvvaire]

my three color coordinated nephews