Bewick

[ byoo-ik ]

/ ˈbyu ɪk /

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noun

Thomas, 1753–1828, English wood engraver.

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How to use Bewick in a sentence

With Haydon and Hazlitt, Bewick was on terms of personal friendship, and of both he presents lengthened and interesting sketches.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various
Bewick sat as model for the head of Haydon's 'Lazarus,' he being at the time opportunely ill.
British Quarterly Review, American Edition, Volume LIV|Various
He stated that he had paid Thomas Bewick upwards of five hundred pounds for various woodcut blocks.
The History of the Catnach Press|Charles Hindley
Till yesterday Bewick's wren had been nothing but a name to me.
Spring notes from Tennessee|Bradford Torrey

Thomas Bewick was born in 1753, and fourteen years later he was apprenticed to a metal engraver.
Engraving for Illustration|Joseph Kirkbride

British Dictionary definitions for Bewick

Bewick

/ (ˈbjuːɪk) /

noun

Thomas . 1753–1828, English wood engraver; his best-known works are Chillingham Bull (1789), a large woodcut, Aesop's Fables (1818), and his History of British Birds (1797–1804)

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