Image by TheOtherKev on Pixabay · Pixabay License
Thomas Bewick
Sign in to saveEnglish engraver and natural history author (1753-1828)
OverviewAI-generated
Thomas Bewick was born on 10 August 1753 and died on 8 November 1828 in Gateshead. He held citizenship of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and worked as an ornithologist, printmaker, painter, and illustrator, with a field of work in nature. His engraving and printmaking career, based in Newcastle upon Tyne, London, and Scotland, ran from 1768 to 1828. His works include A General History of Birds and Quadrupeds and The Poetical Works of Oliver Goldsmith, and his pieces are held in the collections of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Tate.
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Europeana Sparql. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1753
- Died
- 1828
- Works
- 198
Top works
- A general history of birds and quadrupeds
- Bewick's Select fables of Æsop and others
- First snow! The flakes ...
- A supplement to the history of Robinson Crusoe
- The poetical works of Oliver Goldsmith, M. B.
via Open Library + Wikidata
Key facts
- Born
- c. ( 1753-08-11 ) 11 August 1753 , Mickley, Northumberland , England
- Died
- 8 November 1828 (1828-11-08) (aged 75), Gateshead , Durham , England
- Occupations
- Wood engraver natural history author
- Spouse
- Isabella Elliott ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1786 ; died 1826 )
- Children
- 4, including Robert , Jane and Isabella and Elisabeth
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Thomas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of death
- Gateshead
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- nature
- Genre
- printmaking
- Image
- Bewick Thomas 1753-1828.png
- Work location
- Scotland
Show 11 more facts
- Commons category
- Thomas Bewick
- date of death
- 1828-11-08
- date of birth
- 1753-08-12
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- Commons Creator page
- Thomas Bewick
- name in native language
- Thomas Bewick
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1768-01-01
- end of work period
- 1828-01-01
- P12749
- Wolfgang Güllich
- P8168
- Gostilj
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Thomas Bewick, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
~28 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Thomas Bewick (c. 11 August 1753 – 8 November 1828) 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. He gradually turned to illustrating, writing and publishing his own books, gaining an adult audience for the fine illustrations in A History of Quadrupeds.
His career began when he was apprenticed to engraver Ralph Beilby in Newcastle upon Tyne. He became a partner in the business and eventually took it over. Apprentices whom Bewick trained include John Anderson, Luke Clennell, and William Harvey, who in their turn became well known as painters and engravers.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Thomas Bewick” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.