Thomas Bewick’s Illustrations

Synopsis: Bewick’s wood engravings transformed the art of English book illustration and laid the foundations for the 19th-century development of illustrated journals for middle-class readership. The slides are made from early editions of ‘Quadrupeds’, ‘British Birds’ and other important titles in the Manchester Metropolitan University Library, and they include examples of whole-page layouts, as well as details of Bewick’s vignettes and one of his wood blocks from Newcastle Library.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; 43 slides.
Year of production: 1991
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £45.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)
Documentation: Accompanying 20-page text with introduction, commentary and bibliography.
Subjects: Art
Keywords: Bewick, Thomas; book illustrations

Name: Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design
Email: c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk
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Address: The Visual Resources Curator
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