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Jane Bewick

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This memoir, written by her father at Jane's request in 1822–8, was throughout the nineteenth century the standard authority for Bewick's personal history, providing a frank, manly, and characteristic piece of autobiography, but it barely mentions his innovative wood-engraving method and technique.
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a substantial collection of water-colours and woodcuts by her father, his brother John, and his son Robert, some of which had been exhibited in London in November and December 1880. After her death her executors presented a collection of portraits, drawings, prints, and other Bewick relics to the
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Jane's sister Isabella survived her until 1883, dying in the old Bewick family house, now 19 West Street, Gateshead, where her father and sister had died before her. In 1882 Isabella anticipated a bequest, agreed upon with her sister Jane, and gave the
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A Memoir of Thomas Bewick, written by Himself. Embellished by numerous wood engravings, designed and engraved by the author for a work on British Fishes, and never before published.
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Jane and her sister Isabella Bewick are known for their lifelong veneration for their father's memory, and a store of anecdotes about his work and ways.
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agreed that the Bewick engravings, blocks and papers should be donated to institutions including the
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Matthew, H. C. G.; Harrison, B., eds. (23 September 2004).
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Newcastle upon Tyne
English
Thomas Bewick
Isabella Bewick
wood-engraver
Thomas Bewick
British Museum

Thomas Bewick
A History of British Birds
British Museum
Library resources
Resources in your library
Resources in other libraries
Online books
Resources in your library
Resources in other libraries


"The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography"
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
doi
10.1093/ref:odnb/65041
UK public library membership


Dodson 1885
public domain
Bewick, Jane
Stephen, Leslie

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