Bewick, Thomas, and Ralph Beilby
Other Business Names:
- Beilby, Ralph
- Beilby, William
- Bewick, Thomas
- Bewick, Robert
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
Sectors:
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Publishing & printing
Engraving inc print making & publishing
Notes:
Traced origins to c1760 when Ralph Beilby, c1743-1817, established a glass enamelling and engraving workshop at Gateshead, soon after relocating to Newcastle. Joined by his brother, William, d1819. William left the business in the late 1770s. Thomas Bewick, 1753-1828, joined as an apprentice in 1767; he later emerged as a leading wood engraver, producing engravings for printed works, most notably the acclaimed 'History of British Birds' and 'General History of Quadrupeds'. In 1777 Bewick became Ralph Beilby's business partner until 1798 when the partnership was dissolved, the two partners then continuing in separate businesses. The firm also engraved on other mediums other than wood, notably copper but also glass and silver, undertaking a wide range of commercial jobbing work including for local glass product manufacturers. Bewick was succeeded in business by his son, Robert
Publications:
- A Memoir of Thomas Bewick by Bewick, Thomas; Iain Bain (ed)
- Bewick Studies. Essays in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bewick by Gardner-Medwin, David (ed)
- Clockmakers of Northumberland and Durham by Bates, Keith
- Nature's Engraver. A life of Thomas Bewick by Uglow, Jenny
- The Ingenious Beilbys. A history of the Newcastle glass enamellers by Rush, James
- Thomas Bewick. An illustrated record of his life and work by Bain, Iain
- Thomas Bewick. An illustrated record of his life and work by Bain, Iain
- Thomas Bewick. The complete illustrative work by Tattersfield, Nigel
- Tyne glasshouses and Beilby and Bewick workshop by Ellison, Margaret
- Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and his Workshop Apprentices by Bain, Iain (ed)
- Workshop of Thomas Bewick. A pictorial survey by Bain, Iain
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Beilby, Ralph
- Beilby, William
- Bewick, Thomas
- Bewick, Robert
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, North East, England
Sectors:
- Publishing & printing Engraving inc print making & publishing
Notes:
Traced origins to c1760 when Ralph Beilby, c1743-1817, established a glass enamelling and engraving workshop at Gateshead, soon after relocating to Newcastle. Joined by his brother, William, d1819. William left the business in the late 1770s. Thomas Bewick, 1753-1828, joined as an apprentice in 1767; he later emerged as a leading wood engraver, producing engravings for printed works, most notably the acclaimed 'History of British Birds' and 'General History of Quadrupeds'. In 1777 Bewick became Ralph Beilby's business partner until 1798 when the partnership was dissolved, the two partners then continuing in separate businesses. The firm also engraved on other mediums other than wood, notably copper but also glass and silver, undertaking a wide range of commercial jobbing work including for local glass product manufacturers. Bewick was succeeded in business by his son, RobertPublications:
- A Memoir of Thomas Bewick by Bewick, Thomas; Iain Bain (ed)
- Bewick Studies. Essays in celebration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Bewick by Gardner-Medwin, David (ed)
- Clockmakers of Northumberland and Durham by Bates, Keith
- Nature's Engraver. A life of Thomas Bewick by Uglow, Jenny
- The Ingenious Beilbys. A history of the Newcastle glass enamellers by Rush, James
- Thomas Bewick. An illustrated record of his life and work by Bain, Iain
- Thomas Bewick. An illustrated record of his life and work by Bain, Iain
- Thomas Bewick. The complete illustrative work by Tattersfield, Nigel
- Tyne glasshouses and Beilby and Bewick workshop by Ellison, Margaret
- Watercolours and Drawings of Thomas Bewick and his Workshop Apprentices by Bain, Iain (ed)
- Workshop of Thomas Bewick. A pictorial survey by Bain, Iain