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Robert Bewick  (1788–1849)  wikidata:Q7342081
 
Robert Bewick
Alternative names
Robert Elliot Bewick
Description scientific illustrator, printmaker, xylographer, wood engraver, engraver and drawer
English: English engraver
Date of birth/death 26 April 1788 Edit this at Wikidata 1849 Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q7342081
Description
English: Woodcut by Robert Elliot Bewick of the swan named after his father by William Yarrell. The bird did not appear in the first edition of Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds; it was named by William Yarrell after Thomas Bewick's death. This image is scanned from the 1847 edition, which was the last "live" edition of the book.
Date 1847
date QS:P571,+1847-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium wood engraving print
Source/Photographer own scan of page from Thomas Bewick's A History of British Birds, Volume II: Water Birds, p. 273 (1847 edition)

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