Waiting for Death
Catalogue
- Year
- 1828
- Medium
- wood engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 29.4 × 36.4 cm (11 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Artist
- Thomas Bewick
Artist
Printmaking
Thomas Bewick was a British engraver and naturalist whose wood-engraving technique revolutionized the medium in the late eighteenth century. Working primarily in boxwood, he developed a precision approach using the end-grain surface that allowed for unprecedented detail and tonal range, departing from the coarser line methods of traditional woodcut. His illustrated natural histories, including 'A History of British Birds' published in two volumes from 1797 to 1804, combined ornithological observation with technical virtuosity. Bewick's method became the standard for wood engraving across Europe and established him as a foundational figure in the medium's history.
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- Thomas Bewick
- Year
- 1828
- Medium
- wood engraving
- Dimensions
- sheet: 29.4 × 36.4 cm (11 9/16 × 14 5/16 in.)
- Watts ID
- WW-1828-292667
Source
- Collection
- National Gallery of Art
- Source
- nga
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified