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George Edwards ( younger son of a German bookbinder ). b. London 1805; studied in Munich art sch. 1829 and in Italy 1830 etc.; landscape painter; exhibited 88 pictures at R.A., 86 at B.I. and 10 at Suffolk st. 1836–80; among his paintings were The ruins of the palace of the Cæsars at Rome 1836; Amalfi 1841 and Capri 18—, both in the Royal collection; Bridge over a stream 1847, in South Kensington museum; published Sketches on the Danube, in Hungary and Transilvania 1838; The mountains and lakes in Switzerland, the Tyrol and Italy, twenty coloured lithographs 1847. d. 45 Grove end road, St. John’s Wood, London 18 Dec. 1879, his wife a well known painter, exhibited landscapes 1853–8. Art Journal, xxxii , 83; Clement and Hutton’s Artists (1879) 348.