FEATURED ARTIST - Thomas Bewick
Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). English wood engraver, active for most of his life in Newcastle upon Tyne. Bewick was a bird-watcher and a countryman and his finest works are natural history illustrations, particularly those to his celebrated books A General History of Quarupeds (1790) and A History of British Birds (2 vols., 1797 and 1804). The animals and birds are characterized with great skill, but Bewick is as much admired for his tailpieces, which are minature scenes of rural genre, showing with a rare felicity the countryside in its varying moods in all weathers and seasons and shrewdly observed pictorial comment on incidents of rustic life. Bewick arrested the declineof engraving into a primarily reproductive technique and brought to it new expressive possibilities. He has been called the father of modern wood engraving and he estalished a school of engraving in Newcastle. (From The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists) For more information on Thomas Bewick hit this link.
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[CAMB3911] BEWICK, Thomas. Thomas Bewick's Birds - Watercolours and Engravings. London: Gordon Fraser, 1981. Sm. 8vo. 52 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig. paper covered boards with DW. One bird per page with a description underneath giving the birds their modern names and providing relevant and useful information. VG
[CAMB3464] BEWICK, Thomas. My Life - edited with an introduction by Iain Bain with numerous wood-engravings by the author. London: Folio, 1981., 8vo. 192 pp. illus. in col. and b&w. Half binding of cloth spine and paper covered boards (stain on spine and front cover is rubbed) G
[CAMB3431] BEWICK, Thomas. A Country Zodiac - illustrated with woodcuts by Thomas Bewick. London: Penguin, 1942. 2nd imp. King Penguin Series, Sm. 8vo. 54 pp. illus in b&w. Orig paper covered boards. VG
[CAMB3912] BAIN, Iain. The Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas BEwick and His Workshop Appremtices Introduced and with Editorial Notes By Iain Bain 2 Vols in a Slipcase. London: Gordon Fraser, 1981. First Edition. Lge. 8vo. Vol. 1 233 pp. Vol. 2 230 pp. illus in col. and b&w. Orig. cloth with gilt lettering in slipcase with divider. An excellent catalogue raisonne of Thomas Bewick including watercolours, drawings, engravings and ephemeral pieces like business cards . VG
[CAMB3752] BAIN, Iain. Thomas Bewick - An Illustrated Record of His Life and Work - Catalogue of an Exhibition at the Laing Gallery, Tyne and Wear 1979. Newcastle Upon Tyne: Tyne and Wear County Council Museums, 1979. First Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Soft Cover. Very Good Sm 4to. 112 pp. illus in b&w. Orig soft covers. Includes 8 pp pamphlet Thomas Bewick Wood Engraver published by J. L. Carr Kettering. Thomas Bewick's reputation as an artist-engraver on wood brought him fame in his lifetime which has never since diminished. VG
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