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A Memoir of Thomas Bewick Written by Himself - Embellished by Numerous Wood Engravings, Designed and Engraved by the Author for a Work on British Fishes, and Never before Published (Paperback)
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A Memoir of Thomas Bewick Written by Himself - Embellished by Numerous Wood Engravings, Designed and Engraved by the Author for a Work on British Fishes, and Never before Published (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Art and Architecture
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Synonymous with finely crafted wood engravings of the natural
world, Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) perfected an instantly
recognisable style which was to influence book illustration well
into the nineteenth century. Begun in November 1822, at the behest
of his daughter Jane, and completed in 1828, Bewick's autobiography
was first published in 1862. The opening chapters recall vividly
his early life on Tyneside, his interest in the natural world, his
passion for drawing, and his apprenticeship with engraver Ralph
Beilby in Newcastle, where he would learn his trade and then work
in fruitful partnership for twenty years. Later passages in the
work reveal Bewick's strongly held views on religion, politics and
nature. The work also features illustrations for a proposed work on
British fish. Bewick's General History of Quadrupeds (1790) and
History of British Birds (1797-1804), the works which secured his
high reputation, are also reissued in this series.
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