UIG5637391 Watercolour illustration of a three toed Sloth by G Edwards 1758. George Edwards (1694-1773) was a British naturalist and ornithologist. He travelled extensively through Europe, studying natural history and birds in particular. He gained some recognition by Edwards, George (1694-1773); (add.info.: Watercolour illustration of a three toed Sloth by G Edwards 1758. George Edwards (1694-1773) was a British naturalist and ornithologist. He travelled extensively through Europe, studying natural history and birds in particular. He gained some recognition for his coloured drawings, and published his first work in 1743-the first volume of A Natural History of Uncommon Birds. three-toed sloths are tree-living mammals from South and Central America. They are the only members of the genus Bradypus and the family Bradypodidae).