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Nature's Engraver

A Life of Thomas Bewick

Nature's Engraver( )
Author: Uglow, Jenny
ISBN:978-0-226-82391-1
Publication Date:May 2009
Publisher:University of Chicago Press
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $18.00
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Thomas Bewick's (1753-1828) History of British Birds was the first field guide for ordinary people, illustrated with woodcuts of astonishing accuracy and beauty. In Nature's Engraver, Jenny Uglow tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who became one of Britain's greatest and most popular engravers. It is a story of violent change, radical politics, lost ways of life, and the beauty of the wild--a journey to the beginning of our lasting obsession...
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