#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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[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

[staud]

joy in the terror (2018)

[evilfaggotyuri]

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

[pierppasolini]

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

[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

[mab1905]

Jopson is the one human.

[couldvebeenus]

(inspo - screenshots)

[smellroy]

Joke-telling is now illegal on the HMS Terror

[teluete]

Happy RWRB sequel announcement day to all who celebrate! ❤️🤍💙