Reginald Badham Lodge
Illustration — Pictures of Bird Life cover Reginald Badham Lodge (10 March 1853–13 February 1937) was an English ornithologist, photographer, and painter of birds. In 1895 he received from the Royal Photographic Society the first medal ever presented for nature photography, for a photograph of a Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) incubating its eggs. Eric Hosking and Harold Lowes stated their belief that this was the first photograph of a wild bird.
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Reginald Badham Lodge
Lodge, R. B. · Public domain
- Died
- 1937
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · United Kingdom
- Occupation
- ornithologist · photographer · illustrator · writer
- Education
- Forest School
- Languages
- English
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Illustration — Pictures of Bird Life cover Reginald Badham Lodge (10 March 1853–13 February 1937) was an English ornithologist, photographer, and painter of birds. In 1895 he received from the Royal Photographic Society the first medal ever presented for nature photography, for a photograph of a Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) incubating its eggs. Eric Hosking and Harold Lowes stated their belief that this was the first photograph of a wild bird.
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His brother was bird illustrator and falconry expert George Edward Lodge. Their father was Samuel Lodge, a canon of Lincoln Cathedral and rector of Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire. Lodge was friends with Oliver G. Pike and they made trips together.
• Illustration — Lapwing incubating its eggs, depicting a Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus), for which in 1895 Lodge received from the Royal Photographic Society the first medal ever presented for nature photography. Eric Hosking and Harold Lowes stated their — incorrect — belief that this was the first photograph of a wild bird. However, Ottomar Anschütz had photographed wild white storks (Ciconia ciconia) in 1884. In 1903 he published Pictures of Bird Life: On Woodland Meadow, Mountain and Marsh, "with numerous colour illustrations from photographs from life by the author". His works are among the National Trust Collections at member museums: • One hundred photographs of bird life (1907) is in the library of Coleton Fishacre, Devon • Bird-hunting through wild Europe (1908) is in the library of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire The Dick Institute holds several of his bird paintings.
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1852
Reginald Badham Lodge was born on 10 March 1853.
1937
Reginald Badham Lodge died on 13 February 1937.
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• Illustration — Common kingfisher • Illustration — Whinchat • Illustration — Eurasian spoonbill
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• Illustration — Wading in Spanish Lagoon
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- 1.cite q Q108533626 page=9
- 2.Callahan, David. A History of Birdwatching in 100 Objects. Bloomsbury Publishing. August 14, 2014. 9781408186664.
- 3.Cox. Wildlife Photographer of the Year. Firefly Books. 2014.
- 4.www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk. Results, Lodge, Reginald Badham.
- 5.Lodge, Reginald Badham, 1853–1957 | Art UK. artuk.org.
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