A memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by himself. Embellished by numerous wood engravings, designed by the author for a work on British fishes.
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828)
Category
Books
Date
1887
Materials
Place of origin
Newcastle upon Tyne
Collection
Cherryburn, Northumberland
NT 3229969
Summary
Bibliographic description
A new edition, prefaced and annotated by Austin Dobson, author of 'Thomas Bewick and his pupils'.. xxxiii, [3], 393 [5] p., plates :. ill.;. 25 cm. Plates annotated throughout with dates and names[?] by Ben Abramson. Provenance: Inscribed on title page in pencil: "DB from her father". On upper pastedown: Gift label "Presented to The Cherryburn Library by Deborah Benson Covington ... In this copy of the memorial edition of Bewick's works he recorded the sales of the original woodblocks which he had bought at Sotheby's in 1942." Binding: Nineteenth-century publisher's full brown cloth, gilt lettering on spine. Gilt-top.
Makers and roles
Thomas Bewick (Cherryburn 1753 - Gateshead 1828) Henry Austin Dobson (1840-1921)