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| Title | Natural history of water birds (back cover) |
| Author | Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828 |
| Publisher | Davison, William, 1780-1858
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| Publisher Location | England--Alnwick |
| Publication Date | [1815?] |
| Printer | Davison, William, 1780-1858
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| Illustrator | Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--wood engravings
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| Notes | Chapbook with wood engraved illustrations.
Alnwick : printed and sold wholesale and retail by W. Davison.
Illustration depicts man with potted plant and shovel. |
| Contextual Notes | Thomas Bewick, the artist-engraver of Newcastle, had a genius for working in miniature. His vignettes were well suited to the small books for children. Bewick was an engraver on metal (an intaglio process) but is now best remembered for his engraving on wood (a relief process). He was born in 1753, He apprenticed with the engraver Ralph Beilby and later became his partner. His younger brother, John (1760-1795), also became an engraver, doing much work for John Newbery. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Water birds -- Juvenile literature |
| Category | Chapbooks
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| Language | English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL0431 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection 598.2 B468n |
| Object Type | Chapbook
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| Physical Description | [3], 4-36 p..: illustrated; 14 x 9 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit checklist 11.2 |
