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Description: | RH "Bewick NEWCASTLE 1789" CRE BEWICK, Thomas; (English; 1753-1828) NFA assisted purchase. This is Thomas Bewick's masterpiece, one of the largest and most important of his wood engravings, and an icon of British printmaking. It was conceived as a single sheet print and not, like the bulk of Bewick's output, as illustrations or decorations to printed books.
The Chillingham Bull was commissioned by a collector called Marmaduke Tunstall who formed his own museum. Bewick had the opportunity to emulate the engravings of famous bulls that were extremely popular at the time, as farmers adventurously experimented with cross-breeding. The broad-horned race of Chillingham was still wild in Bewick's time, and is said to be related to the wild ox of the area known since Roman times.
The block for the print was damaged early on, with a crack right across the centre of the image. This was restored by Bewick, and there were several later printings, of which this one from 1817 is considered to be the best. 3rd state (of 5), with the simple border. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | PRIZE BULL : WILD OX : WOOD ENGRAVING : MARMADUKE TUNSTALL : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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