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A treatise on wood engravings : historical and practical (1881)

Chatto, William Andrew, 1799-1864, Jackson, John, 1801-1848, Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796-1884 · New York : J. W. Bouton · leaf 511

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t is probably intended for the Coypu rat, a specimen of which is atpresent in the Gardens of the Zoological Society, Eegents Park.Bewick was a regular visitor of all the wild-beast shows that cameto Newcastle, and availed himself of every opportunity to obtain draw-ings from living animals. The… … ^:.-:-..*ev^^j:;,^s:^^g^ of a sour-visaged old fellow going with corn to the miU, we have anexemplification of cruelty not unworthy of Hogarth.* The over-laden, * The originals of this and the three following cuts occur respectively at pages 13, 15, 69,and 526 of the edition of 1824. The other…

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