See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

THOMAS See also:

• THOMAS BEWICK (1753-1828)

BEWICK (1753-1828)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• WOOD, ANTHONY A2 (1632-1695)
• WOOD, JOHN GEORGE (1827—1889)
• WOOD, MRS HENRY [ELLEN] (1814—1887)
• WOOD, SEARLES VALENTINE (1798—188o)

wood-engraver, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Cherryburn, near See also:

• NEWCASTLE
• NEWCASTLE, DUKES OF

Newcastle-on-See also:

• TYNE

Tyne, in See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1753 . His See also:

• FATHER

father rented a small colliery at Mickleybank, and sent his son to. school at Mickley . He proved a poor See also:

• SCHOLAR, SCHOLARSHIP

scholar, but showed, at a very See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, a remarkable See also:

• TALENT (Lat. talentum, adaptation of Gr. TaXavrov, balance, ! Recollections of a First Visit to the Alps (1841); Vacation Rambles weight, from root raX-, to lift, as in rXi vac, to bear, 1-aXas, and Thoughts, comprising recollections of three Continental

talent for See also:

• DRAWING

drawing . He had no tuition in the See also:

• ART

art, and no See also:

• MODELS

models See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save natural See also:

• OBJECTS

objects . At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to Mr Beilby, an engraver in Newcastle . In his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office See also:

• BEWICK, THOMAS (1753-1828)

Bewick engraved on wood for Dr See also:

• HUTTON, CHARLES (1737-1823)
• HUTTON, JAMES (1726-1797)
• HUTTON, RICHARD HOLT (1826-1897)

Hutton a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of diagrams illustrating a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on See also:

• MENSURATION (Lat. mensura, a measure)

mensuration . He seems thereafter to have devoted himself entirely to See also:

• ENGRAVING

engraving on wood, and in 1775 he received a See also:

• PREMIUM (Lat. praemium, profit, reward, prae+emere, to buy)

premium from the Society for the Encouragement of Arts and Manufactures for a woodcut of the " See also:

• HUNTSMAN, BENJAMIN (1704-1776)

Huntsman and the Old See also:

• HOUND

Hound." In 1784 appeared his Select Fables, the engravings in which, though far surpassed by his later productions, were incomparably See also:

• SUPERIOR

superior to anything that had yet been done in that See also:

• LINE

line . The Quadrupeds appeared in 1790, and his See also:

• GREAT

great achievement, that with which his name is inseparably associated, the See also:

• BRITISH

British Birds, was published from 1797-1804 . Bewick, from his intimate knowledge of the habits of animals acquired during his See also:

• CONSTANT, BENJAMIN (1845-1902)

constant excursions into the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, was thoroughly qualified to do See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice to his great task . Of his other productions the engravings for See also:

• GOLDSMITH
• GOLDSMITH, LEWIS (c. 1763–1846)
• GOLDSMITH, OLIVER (1728–1774)

Goldsmith's Traveller and Deserted See also:

• VILLAGE

Village, for See also:

• PARNELL, CHARLES STEWART (1846-1891)
• PARNELL, THOMAS (1679-1718)

Parnell's See also:

• HERMIT

Hermit, for See also:

• SOMERVILLE
• SOMERVILLE, MARY (178o-1872)

Somerville's See also:

• CHASE
• CHASE, SALMON PORTLAND (1808-1873)
• CHASE, SAMUEL (1741–1811)
• CHASE, WILLIAM MERRITT (1849– )

Chase, and for the collection of Fables of See also:

• AESOP (Gr. Aivwvros)

Aesop and Others, may be specially mentioned . Bewick was for many years in See also:

• PARTNERSHIP (earlier forms, partener, parcener, from Late Lat. partionarius for partitionarius, from partitio, sharing, pars, part)

partnership with his former See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master, and in later See also:

• LIFE

life had numerous pupils, several of whom gained distinction as engravers . He died on the 8th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1828 .

His autobiography, See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs of See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Bewick, by Himself, appeared in 1862 .