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George Edward Lodge - Blue Eared-Pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum).

Blue Eared-Pheasant (Crossoptilon auritum). (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
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George Edward Lodge

George Edward Lodge FZS, was a British illustrator of birds and an authority on falconry.

George Edward Lodge was born at Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. His father, Samuel Lodge (1829–1897), was a Canon of Lincoln Cathedral and rector of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. G E Lodge was the seventh child and fifth son of Samuel Lodge's eleven children. His brother is the famous photographer Reginald Badham Lodge (1852–1937).

He was educated at home, and became an accomplished taxidermist. He travelled abroad in search of birds and sport, visiting Norway, Sweden, the West Indies and the United States. He was, however, most at home in the Scottish Highlands.

He attended Lincoln School of Art and studied and worked in London before moving around 1920 to Camberley, Surrey.

One of the earliest works for which he made illustrations was Lord Lilford’s Birds of Northamptonshire, in conjunction with Archibald Thorburn, whose skill as a bird-artist Lodge greatly admired. This admiration was returned as in the early 1910s Thorburn was approached by a representative of the New Zealand Government regarding a commission to provide plates for a proposed book of New Zealand native birds. Thorburn recommended Lodge for the commission and in 1913 Lodge began work. He studied bird skin specimens from a number of different collections in Britain including the Natural History Museum and eventually supplied 90 plates to the Wildlife Service of the Department of Internal Affairs of New Zealand. Due to the illness of the author the proposed book was never finished and the plates remained with the Department of Internal Affairs until they were transferred to the Dominion Museum in 1948. In 1983 the remaining[clarification needed] 89 plates were eventually published in the book George Edward Lodge: The Unpublished New Zealand Bird Paintings with text by C.A. Fleming.

Lodge was also an expert at woodcuts, in which craft he contributed to books by Henry Seebohm and Badminton Library. His illustrations appeared in Beebe’s Monograph of the Pheasants and Eliot Howard’s Introduction to Bird Behaviour (1929).

He published his only book, Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist in 1946, illustrating it with his own pictures. One of his last acts, shortly before his eyesight became impaired, was to institute a trust fund for the publication of original works in natural history: the first publication was The Birds of the British Isles by Dr David Bannerman, for which Lodge painted 377 illustrations depicting 435 species.

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Siamese Crested Fireback (Lophura diardi).

Siamese Crested Fireback (Lophura diardi). (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
Sumatra Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant.

Sumatra Bronze-tailed Peacock Pheasant. (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
Evolution of the eyes on the wing-feathers of the Argus Pheasant.

Evolution of the eyes on the wing-feathers of the Argus Pheasant. (1918-1922)

Henrik Gronvold (Danish, 1858 – 1940)
Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonnerati).

Grey Junglefowl (Gallus sonnerati). (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
Grey Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron bicalcaratum bicalcaratum).

Grey Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron bicalcaratum bicalcaratum). (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
Northern Blood Partridge (Ithagenes sinensis).

Northern Blood Partridge (Ithagenes sinensis). (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
Formosa Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus formasanus).

Formosa Ring-necked Pheasant (Phasianus colchicus formasanus). (1918-1922)

Henry Jones (English, 1838-1921)
Hainan Silver Kaleege (Gennaeus whiteheadi).

Hainan Silver Kaleege (Gennaeus whiteheadi). (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
Elliot’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti).

Elliot’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus ellioti). (1918-1922)

Louis Agassiz Fuertes (American, 1874 – 1927)
Malayan Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa).

Malayan Crested Fireback (Lophura rufa). (1918-1922)

George Edward Lodge (English, 1860 – 1954)
Plumages of the Black-backed Kaleege (Gennaeus melanonotus).

Plumages of the Black-backed Kaleege (Gennaeus melanonotus). (1918-1922)

Henrik Gronvold (Danish, 1858 – 1940)
Primaries of Malay and Double-spotted Argus Pheasants and plumages of Bornean Argus Pheasant.

Primaries of Malay and Double-spotted Argus Pheasants and plumages of Bornean Argus Pheasant. (1918-1922)

Henrik Gronvold (Danish, 1858 – 1940)
Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti).

Cabot’s Tragopan (Tragopan caboti). (1918-1922)

Archibald Thorburn (Scottish, 1860-1935)
Eastern Chinese Ring-necked Phaesant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus).

Eastern Chinese Ring-necked Phaesant (Phasianus colchicus torquatus). (1918-1922)

Henry Jones (English, 1838-1921)
Lady Amherst Pheasant (Chrysophus amherstiae).

Lady Amherst Pheasant (Chrysophus amherstiae). (1918-1922)

Charles Robert Knight (American, 1874-1953)
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