Sydenham Edwards

Their son, Richard Reece was an eminent physician and wrote a number of works on medicine.

Young Edwards had a precocious talent for draughtsmanship and when only 11 years old had copied plates from Flora Londinensis for his own enjoyment.

Edwards established the latter under his own editorship in 1815 after a disagreement with John Sims, who succeeded Curtis as editor.

He completed a number of parrot illustrations between 1810 and 1812 which were acquired by Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby.

[3][2] Edwards' work inspired the decoration of ceramics made by a number of major potters of the time, such as Spode.