Thomas Bewick
(1753–1828) English engraver and natural history author (1753-1828)
Thomas Bewick (1753–1828) is listed in the catalogue as a painter, a printmaker, and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Thomas Bewick belongs to the chapter ‘Neoclassicism’ in this site’s history of art.
Thomas Bewick was born in Cherryburn and died in Gateshead. Thomas Bewick worked in Newcastle upon Tyne, London, and Scotland. The students included John Jackson.
One of the best-known works is ‘Mother Goose’s Melody’. The works belong mainly to the genres engraving and printmaking. The catalogue has 14 works by Thomas Bewick with free images. The dated works span the years 1781–1909. Works by Thomas Bewick are held by Yale Center for British Art and Prints in the National Gallery of Art.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jean Pierre Saint-Ours, John Raphael Smith, Jean Baptiste Masreliez, Mikhail Kozlovsky, and Nikolaj Lvov.