Thomas Bewick
English engraver and natural history author (1753-1828) · Actors · Died at 75
Thomas Bewick was an English wood-engraver and natural history author. Early in his career he took on all kinds of work such as engraving cutlery, making the wood blocks for advertisements, and illustrating children's books.
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A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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Cherryburn, Bewick's childhood home![Tail-piece in A History of British Birds, said to be of Bewick himself as a thirsty traveller drinking from his hat[14]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Tail-piece_of_Bewick_as_thirsty_traveller_drinking_from_his_hat.jpg/1280px-Tail-piece_of_Bewick_as_thirsty_traveller_drinking_from_his_hat.jpg)
Tail-piece in A History of British Birds, said to be of Bewick himself as a thirsty traveller drinking from his hat[14]
Thomas Bewick in 1827, by Thomas Sword Good
Waiting for Death, Bewick's last wood engraving from 1828, published 1832
One of Bewick's wood blocks
The very large (7 1/4 × 9 3/4 inches) wood engraving by Thomas Bewick of a Chillingham Bull, executed for Marmaduke Tunstall of Wycliffe, Yorkshire in 1789
A minutely detailed tail-piece, only 8 cm (3 in) wide, in British Birds, 1797About this person
He gradually turned to illustrating, writing and publishing his own books, gaining an adult audience for the fine illustrations in A History of Quadrupeds.
