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Thomas Bewick, artist
British, 1753 - 1828
The Pine-Weasel, or Yellow-Breasted Martin from "History of Quadrupeds", 18th - 19th century
Wood engraving
5.4 x 7.3 cm (image)

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publisher, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, T. Bewick

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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.

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