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Wylam, Portrait of Thomas Bewick (c. 1780s)

 

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Wylam, Portrait of Thomas Bewick - Click for bigger imagePortrait of Thomas Bewick, the famous nineteenth century wood engraver. Bewick was born at Cherryburn Cottage in Ovingham in 1753. He went on to popularize his art to such an extent that it became the most popular form of graphic art until photography was introduced.

 

Northumberland Archives Service holds over 120,000 photographic images relating to the history of the county of Northumberland. The quality of the photographs mounted on this website has been reduced. High quality photographic or digital copies of these, and of other photographs from our collections, are available by contacting the Archives Service.