Curator’s Choice: The Dodo

Rare depiction of the extinct Dodo bird by George Edwards, an English naturalist, printed in A Natural History of Uncommon Birds in London, 1757. The Guinea Pig was added purely for scale. George Edwards FRS (3 April 1694 – 23 July 1773) was known as the “father of British ornithology.” This Curator’s Choice image was provided by Maximus Gallery from their deep collection of rare nature prints. The current Maximus Gallery show, Drawn from Nature, will run into the fall. 

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