Northumberland’s greatest artist, wood-engraver and naturalist.
This website was set up in 2003 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Thomas Bewick's birth in 1753. |
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Click here for some pictures of the 250th birthday celebrations at Cherryburn Click here for information about some new Bewick books and a recent Video RIGHT Click here to download an updated checklist of the library of Thomas Bewick (RTF-708kb) Click here to go to the online version Drawn up for The Bewick Society by David Gardner-Medwin and updated January 2006 |
The aim of the Bewick Society is to promote an interest in the life and work of Thomas Bewick and related subjects, especially with regard to wood-engraving. The Society publishes a Newsletter called the Cherryburn Times, normally twice a year. This provides a forum for the activities of the Society and keeps members informed about the latest research into the life and work of Bewick and his apprentices. Members publish articles about their own special interests where relevant to the Society. The Society also arranges visits to special collections, some of which are not normally open to the general public. It encourages the development of facilities for conservation and display of Bewick related materials, including wood-engraving as practised by those following in Bewick's footsteps. Membership of the Society also gives free admission to the museum at Cherryburn, where Thomas Bewick was born, now in the care of the National Trust. The Bewick Society is willing to offer informal advice to enquirers but can NOT give valuations of books, prints, proofs, collections etc. An application form for those interested in joining the Society is to be found HERE (PDF document, 32k). You can also join (or renew) online using PayPal. Click HERE to go to the payment page. The Constitution of The Bewick Society can be downloaded HERE (PDF document, 32k). |
Please note that the sizes of Bewick images when reproduced on screen do not relate to the original size of the printed version. The real sizes of the printed versions are not supplied here. The full screen images provided on this site are 800 pixels wide, designed to fill the average computer screen. They are not designed to be printed, though they would probably print satisfactorily. They are rarely above 250K in size (most are well below this) and so should load in a reasonable time even when browsing with a standard 56k modem connection. A broadband connection is not necessary.
You may contact the Bewick Society at this e-mail address:
bewick.society@ncl.ac.uk