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Description: | James Thomson was one of Thomas Bewick's favourite poets. Bewick engraved a series of wood-engravings, from designs by John Thurston, for Thomson's 'The Seasons', published in 1805. Bewick's hand is evident here in freshness of this engraving. The dark foreground foliage, each leaf carefully cut, contrasts with the lighter background foliage and with the bright light shining on the little boy and the rainbow lighting up the sky. Bewick's technique of lowering his printing block, and so controlling the amount of ink that touched the paper, meant he could show different areas of light and dark in his engraving. | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Temporal: | Production date: 1805 | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Creator: | Thomas Bewick | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/discoveringb... | Go to resource |
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