Bewick Collection

Bewick / Honey Badger
(mellivora capensis) aka RATEL This mustolid is so named, curiously enough, because like Pooh it is excessively fond of honey. It lives in South Africa

Bewicks Workshop
The exterior of Thomas Bewicks workshop, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Date: 1753 - 1828

Hare (Bewick)
lepus timidus Harmless and inoffensive... fearful of every danger and attentive to every alarm, the Hare is continually upon the watch

Bewick / Margay
(Felix wiedi) a nocturnal cat with exceptional climbing ability, able to hang from a bough with one paw

Hedgehog (Bewick)
erinaceus europeus also known as the Urchin This is the common hedgehog, much loved though, alas, too often the victim of motorists

Wild Cattle
Bewick depicts two kinds of English wild cattle. Above is the Chillingham sort, of which he will later make one of his finest engravings. Both are rare even in his day

Thomas Bewick at Work
THOMAS BEWICK The eminent engraver and his assistants making woodcuts of stuffed birds

Greenland Dog
Buffon classifies it as Chien de Sibirie and Bewick admits that the Greenland Dog is somewhat similar to the native dogs of Siberia, Lapland and Iceland

Bewick / Red Squirrel
(sciurus vulgaris) This is the so-called red squirrel, once widely prevalent in Britain but now largely displaced by its grey cousin from America

Bewick / Mouflon
Linnaeus considered the mouflon a goat (capra ammon) but it is now classified as a sheep, indeed the smallest wild sheep and ancestor of all domestic breeds

Giraffe (Bewick)
giraffa camelopardalis The Cameleopard as it is known in Bewicks day is the worlds tallest animal, standing over 5.5m tall. The okapi is a relative

Lion (Bewick)
Felis leo This animal is produced in Africa, and the hottest parts of Asia according to Bewick

Guinea fowl and young. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Bewicks Birthplace
Thomas Bewicks birthplace in the village of Cherryburn, near Ovingham, about 12 miles west of Newcastle. Date: 1753

Cygnus columbianus, tundra swan
Plate 10 from John Goulds The Birds of Great Britain, Vol. 5 (1873). Hand coloured lithograph

Platypus (Bewick)
ORNITHORHYNCHUS ANATINUS At the time Bewick engraved this, the animal had not been named : some naturalists even suspected the creature was a fake

Fieldmouse (Bewick)
mus sylvaticus - the LONG- TAILED FIELD-MOUSE : this is the Country Mouse of Aesops fable, who prefers to risk reapers and predator birds to adopting an urban lifestyle

Hyena (Bewick)
canis hyaena THE STRIPED HYENA Its eyes are remarkably wild, sullen and ferocious

Shorteared Bat (Bewick)
SHORT-EARED BAT vespertilio murinus can be distinguished from the long-eared bat by the fact that its ears are shorter. Also its twice the size

Bewick / Wombat
(Vombatus ursinus) A bear-like marsupial who lives in Australia and burrows extensive tunnels. Date: 1790

Ferret (Bewick)
Mustela furo. A kind of polecat, used by hunters to drive rabbits from their burrows

CAMEL (BEWICK)
Camelus bactrianus : you can drink its milk, ride it, use it to transport your merchan- -dise - and when it dies you can eat it and weave its hair into clothing or furnishings. Date: 1790

Stoat with dead bird, by Thomas Bewick
Stoat with dead bird. Artist: Thomas Bewick. circa 1790s

Song Thrush
Song thrush on branch. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Siberian chipmunk on branch. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Sedge Warbler
Sedge warbler perched on branch. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Grizzly bear. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Great tit sitting on branch. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Emaciated horse in bleak winter landscape. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Dalmatian dog. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Cuckoo with spread wings on branch. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Bull. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Blackcap sitting on branch. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Wild Bull of Chillingham Castle. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Redwing. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Kangaroo rat beside rocks. Artist: Thomas Bewick

Monkeys
The Varied Monkey or Mona on tree branches. Artist: Thomas Bewick

BEWICK AT WORK
THOMAS BEWICK The eminent engraver and his assistants making woodcuts of stuffed birds. Date: 1753 - 1828

Nylghau (Bewick)
An antelope found in central India

A fox growls at a caught sheep
Delicate wood engraving by Thomas Bewick of a fox growling at a sheep caught on a wheel. Date: C.1790

Bewick Brown Bear
Bewick deascibes the Brown Bear as a savage and solitary animal

Bewick Dalmatian
The Dalmatian, or Coach Dog, is frequently kept in genteel houses, as an elegant attendant on a carriage

Porcupine (Bewick)
histrix cristata Bewick says that the quills are a defensive rather than offensive weapon, but are nonetheless very effective. This was drawn from life

Mouse (Bewick)
mus musculus - COMMON MOUSE terror of housemaids, target of mousetrap-makers, prey of cats and farmers wives - but we all have a sneaking fond- ness for this cute creature

Fallow-Deer (Bewick)
Cervus dama Le Dain, according to Buffon

Badger (Bewick)
Ursus meles Few creatures defend themselves better, or bite with greater keenness...it is notwithstanding very harmless and inoffensive

Thomas Bewick (Kirkley)
THOMAS BEWICK Restorer of the Art of Engraving on Wood. Date: 1753 - 1828

Thomas Bewick
THOMAS BEWICK Restorer of the Art of Engraving on Wood. Date: 1753 - 1828

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