Thomas Bewick’s Anarchic World at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery

Thomas Bewick, (1753–1828) - The Bear - engraving - Source: Liam's Pictures From Old Books

LANCASHIRE, UK - Experience an anarchic world in miniature, revealed through the delicate, painstaking skill of Thomas Bewick (1753–1828). Tale-pieces is an exhibition devoted entirely to the vignettes of the extraordinary artist-engraver and naturalist, Thomas Bewick.  Born at Cherryburn in Northumberland, Bewick spent his childhood on a small farm on the banks of the River Tyne. His surroundings instilled in him a life-long love of the countryside, rural life, and the natural world, that was to profoundly influence his work.


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