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Thomas Bewick, artist
British, 1753 - 1828
The Bison on page 39 in the book A General History of Quadrupeds, The Figures Engraved on Wood by Thomas Bewick, 2nd edition (Newcastle upon Tyne: S. Hodgson, R. Beilby,T. Bewick, 1791), 1791
wood engraving
Sheet: 225 x 140 mm (8 7/8 x 5 1/2 in.)
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts 1963.30.38654.23

authors, printers, p, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, T. Bewick

Artist Credit: all

Artist Biography: Printmaker and illustrator. Revived the art of wood engraving and established it as a major printmaking technique. ~~Although a brilliant technical innovator, Bewick did not invent wood engraving as is sometimes claimed. Instead, he rediscovered the technique of incising a design into endwood with a cutting tool called a burin. He also revived the practice of white-line printing. ~~Bewick's works include illustrations for such books as A General History of Quadrupeds (1790) and A History of British Birds ("Land Birds," 1797, and "Water Birds," 1804). A bird watcher and amateur naturalist, Bewick based his illustrations on his own watercolor studies made from nature.