George Edwards: The Bedell and his Birds

The Little Ant-Eater

The display is open by appointment only 09.00-17.00
Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays.

Contact the College Information Centre on 020 7224 1539 or email heritage@rcplondon.ac.uk to arrange a visit and for any enquiries about the display.

The Royal College of Physicians
11 St Andrew’s Place
Regent’s Park
London
NW1 4LE

College location map

The Male Zebra

On display will be the colour proofs of all seven volumes as well as portraits, engravings, letters and manuscripts from the College Archive, Printed Book and Museum collections.

The Peacock Pheasant from China

An illustrated book published by the Royal College of Physicians George Edwards: The Beadle and His Birds
by A. Stuart Mason (1992) is available to purchase 

Further information
Bird Etchings: The illustrators and their books
1655-1855 by Christine E. Jackson (1985)

Acknowledgements
Thanks to the Zoological Society of London for the generous loan of Edward’s sketch book to the display.