[Receipt] Newcastle Mr Robert Donkin ... T Bewick & Son. 1822 Sep 21 To a Wood cut Markhams Head 1=-=- 3 October 1822 Recd the above Thomas Bewick
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)
Category
Manuscripts and documents
Date
1822
Materials
Place of origin
Newcastle upon Tyne
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3004689
Summary
Bibliographic description
1 leaf ;. 11.5 x 19.1 cm. Manuscript receipt, written on one side only. Probably referring to a wood cut for 'An introduction to spelling and reading English' by William Markham (Hexham, 1822). 'Robert Donkin was probably the master of the subscription school built in 1820 that lay between Nether-Warden and Peter Rumney Crawford's paper mill' (Tattersfield, N. Thomas Bewick: the complete illustrative work, TB 2.332 note). Provenance: donated to the Thomas Bewick Birthplace Trust, 1990.
Makers and roles
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828), issuer Donkin, Robert, recipient