Titelblad til "A history of Northumberland"
Thomas Bewick
1820
Medium
Xylografi
Classification
Træsnit
Department
Den Kongelige Kobberstiksamling
Museum
SMK — National Gallery of Denmark
Credit
SMK — Statens Museum for Kunst
Accession Number
KKS9534
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
TræsnitGrafik
About the Artist
Thomas Bewick · 1753–1828
Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 1753–8 November 1828) was born at Cherryburn in Mickley, Northumberland, the eldest of eight children to tenant farmers John and Jane Bewick. From a young age, he displayed a natural talent for drawing animals and birds observed in the local countryside, without formal art lessons. At age 14 in 1767, he was apprenticed to metal engraver Ralph Beilby in Newcastle upon Ty...