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After George Edwards, 'The Black and White King-fisher' (recto); and a Wading bird (verso), inscribed with title lower centre and signed lower right 'S N Delint : 7 Augst '76', watercolour, pen and ink on paper, double-sided, 25.5 x 20.5cm, 19 x 18.5cm. Notes: The present watercolour appears to have been copied directly from the engraving in George Edwards' A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, first published in 1743. Literature: cf. George Edwards, A Natural History of Uncommon Birds, London, 1743, pl. 9, p. 94

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