Accession number
PML 152652
Creator
Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828, designer.
Published
London, ca. 1824-1849.
Credit line
Bequest of Julia P. Wightman, 1994.
Notes
Engraved block after Bewick's design for The Ass used in Quadrupeds, probably engraved by an apprentice.
Part of the collection of 94 wood-engraved blocks by Bewick and pupils under his supervision for History of Quadrupeds, inherited by his daughters when the workshop closed in 1849: "an odd assortment, a great number being laterally reversed and clumsily stiff apprentice copies of quadrupeds and tail-pieces" (cf. Bain).
Part of the collection of 94 wood-engraved blocks by Bewick and pupils under his supervision for History of Quadrupeds, inherited by his daughters when the workshop closed in 1849: "an odd assortment, a great number being laterally reversed and clumsily stiff apprentice copies of quadrupeds and tail-pieces" (cf. Bain).
Description
1 wood block : boxwood ; 48 x 68 mm
Provenance
From the workshop of Thomas Bewick; purchased by Julia Boyd at the Supplementary Sale of the Isabella Bewick estate at Newcastle 26 Aug. 1884; sold on behalf of Mrs. Hester Haig (lot 325, Sotheby's, London, 16 Feb. 1960); acquired by Julia P. Wightman from Muir Dawson.
Summary
Engraved design of an ass.
Binding
Housed in beige box, with impression of block on white label pasted to top.
Classification
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Department