Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York : D. Van Nostrand · leaf 130
the cuts in which were allprobably made here. Wood engra\-ings in England gave way gradually in theseventeenth and the earlier half of the eighteenth centuriesbefore the advancing tide of line engraving, but in the latterhalf of the eighteenth century Thomas Bewick came to giveit a new^ impetus.… … -^^^t^^is^-^^ The Peaccjck. Wood engraving by Thos. Bewick, from theHistory of British Birds. {Ntiocnstlf, 1797-1804.) [To face p. 110. ILLUSTRATIONS. Ill revival of wood cutting, both here and abroad, is generallyput down to his influence. Bewick worked on an entirely ditlerent principle to thatof…
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