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

Credits

Writer

Stephen Langwieser

Distributor

Name

Manchester Metropolitan University, Faculty of Art and Design

Email

c.hilton@mmu.ac.uk or j.davis@mmu.ac.uk

Web

http://www.artdes.mmu.ac.uk/visualresources/slidesets/ External site opens in new window

Phone

0161 247 1930

Fax

0161 247 6897

Address

The Visual Resources Curator
Righton Building
Cavendish Street
Manchester
M15 6BG