Introduction to Thomas Bewick
Channel: TheBewickSociety
Date: 2021-07-12

Anthony Atkinson, Newcastle City Guide, introduces the life and work of Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) England's greatest wood engraver, the North East of England's finest artist.

'Thomas Bewick, the acclaimed wood engraver, artist and naturalist, was born in August 1753 at Cherryburn House, a small farm on the south banks of the river Tyne, in the parish of Ovingham, Northumberland. His father, John Bewick, who had married his mother Jane Wilson in 1752, was the tenant of a small eight-acre farm and adjacent colliery. ' from Life and Work on http://www.bewicksociety.org/Life%20and%20Work.html