Image from page 544 of "A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical" (1881)
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Identifier: treatiseonwooden00chat Title: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidtreatiseonwooden00chat">A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical Year: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookyear1881">1881 (https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookdecade1880">1880s) Authors: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorChatto__William_Andrew__1799_1864">Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864 https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorJackson__John__1801_1848">Jackson, John, 1801-1848 https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookauthorBohn__Henry_G___Henry_George___1796_1884">Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 Subjects: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksubjectWood_engraving">Wood-engraving Publisher: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookpublisherNew_York___J__W__Bouton">New York : J. W. Bouton Contributing Library: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookcontributorHarold_B__Lee_Library">Harold B. Lee Library Digitizing Sponsor: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/booksponsorBrigham_Young_University">Brigham Young University View Book Page: https://archive.org/stream/treatiseonwooden00chat/treatiseonwooden00chat#page/n544/mode/1up" >Book Viewer About This Book: https://archive.org/details/treatiseonwooden00chat" >Catalog Entry View All Images: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/tags/bookidtreatiseonwooden00chat">All Images From Book Click here to https://archive.org/stream/treatiseonwooden00chat/treatiseonwooden00chat#page/n544/mode/1up" >view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: in the countyof Durham, about five miles westward of Gateshead, and when aboutfourteen years of age was apprenticed to Beilby and Bewick to learn theart of wood engraving. During his apprenticeship he engraved a few ofthe tail-pieces in the firsi volume of the History of British Birds, and allthe head and tail-pieces, except two, in the Poems by Goldsmith andParnell, printed by Bnlmer in 1795. Shortly after the expiration of hisapprenticeship he began to engrave a large cut, containing a view ofSt. Nicholas Church, Newcastle-on-Tyne, from a drawing by his fellow-pupil, Eobert Johnson. We here present a reduced copy of this cut,which is one of the largest ever engraved in England.* The originalwas engraved on a block consisting of twelve different pieces of box,firmly cramped together, and mounted on a plate of cast iron to preventtheir warping. For this cut, which was first published about 1799,Mr. Nesbit received a medal from the Society for the Encouragement ofArts and Manufactures. Text Appearing After Image: About 1799 Mr. Nesbit came to London, where he continued to residetill 1815. During his residence there he engraved a number of cuts forvarious works, chiefly from the designs of the late Mr. John Thurston, t * The original cut, including the border, is fifteen inches wide by about twelve inches high. t Mr. Thurston was a native of Scarborough, and originally a copper-plate engraver.He engraved, under the late Mr. James Heath, parts of the two celebrated plates of thedeath of Major Peirson and the Dead Soldier. He was one of the best designers on wood ofhis time. He drew very beautifully, but his designs are too frequently deficient in natural character and feeling. He died in 1821. 520 REVIVAL OF WOOD ENGRAVING. who at that time was the principal, and indeed almost the only artistof any talent in London, who made drawings on the block for woodengravers. Some of the best of his cuts executed during this periodare to be found in a History of England printed for R. Scholey, and ina work Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work. -
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