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Description: | Thomas Bewick designed this title page vignette for 'The Chase', a poem about hunting by William Somervile (1677-1742). His talented brother John designed the rest. The engravings, except for Charlton Nesbit's final tail-piece, are all by Thomas Bewick. The original blocks are in the Pease Bequest, Newcastle City Library. 'The Chase' was printed by William Bulmer in Newcastle 1796. Bulmer was a friend Bewick had met at Gilbert Gray's bookshop. He later founded the famous Shakespeare Printing Office in London which pioneered improved printing techniques in England. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1780 to 1828 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Thomas Bewick | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discoveringb... | Go to resource |
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