BEWICK, THOMAS English born at Cherryburn, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, on Aug. 12, 1753, showed, at a very early age, a remarkable talent for drawing. He had no tuition, and no models save natural objects. At 14 he was apprenticed to Mr. Beilby, an engraver in Newcastle. He seems after this to have devoted himself entirely to engraving on wood. In 1784 appeared his Select Fables. The Quadrupeds appeared in 179o. While working on the Quadrupeds Bewick engraved the large block known as the "Chillingham Bull." His great achieve ment, that with which his name is inseparably associated, the British Birds, was published from 17 97-1804. Of his other pro ductions the engravings for Goldsmith's Traveller and Deserted Village, for Parnell's Hermit, for Somerville's Chase, and for the collection of Fables of Aesop and Others, may be specially men tioned. Bewick was for many years in partnership with his former master. He died at Gateshead on Nov. 8, 1828.