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Description: | This picture shows the Newcastle wood-engraver Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) as a young man, and is the earliest known portrait of him. The Newcastle artist George Gray was a close friend of Thomas Bewick. The picture was given to Bewick's mother as a gift, and was owned by the Bewick family for over 150 years. Gray was known for his portraits and fruit painting. He was also 'one of the best botanists and chemists in this country', according to Bewick in his autobiography, 'A Memoir'. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | living in the North East North East artists designers North East personalities Newcastle men people | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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