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              RSA/PR/GE/109/11/77 · Item · 1960-1990
              Part of Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA)

              Taken from a rare mezzotint from the Society's collection. At 20 years of age Lawrie received a bounty of 30 guineas in 1776 from the Society for 'disclosing his method of printing mezzotint in colour'. Lawrie copied the bird form one brought back by Captain Cook in the previous year at the conclusion of his second great voyage of discovery.