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Description: | A portrait bust of Bewick on a pink marble pedestal, set into a niche approximately 3 metres up on the building's façade. A low relief wreath is carved in the niche's pediment above. Additional Information: Thomas Bewick (1755-1828), artist-engraver, worked virtually all his life in Newcastle, principally as a metal engraver and copper printer. He was renowned internationally even in his own lifetime for his wood engraving, most famously his illustrations for' A General History of Quadrapeds' and 'A History of British Birds'. | Subjects: | Sculpture | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Sculptor: Not known Sculptor: Baily, Edward Hodges | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=7541... | Go to resource |
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