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| A delightful little mouse, engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. |
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| A leopard engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. |
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| A large dog engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. |
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| A magnificent lion engraved on wood by Thomas Bewick. |
Thomas Bewick was born in 1753 close to the Tyne river, North East England. His father was a farmer and part time coal miner. Thomas was apprenticed at the age of 14 to an engraver in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and worked there for 7 years.
He is particularly renowned for his engravings of animals in 'History of Quadrupeds', published 1790, and birds in 'Land Birds', 1797.
He died at Gateshead in 1828.
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